BUSINESS INFORMATION - The astronomers of China and the United States may cooperate in building the world's largest telescope

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BUSINESS INFORMATION - The astronomers of China and the United States may cooperate in building the world's largest telescope dedicated to providing better vision in the very early stages of the universe, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Thirty-meter telescope (TMT - Thirty-Meter-Telescope) is organized and led by the University of California and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is expected to completed in 2019, explained the official news agency of China's.
Caltech leader Jean-Lou Chameau in an interview with Xinhua.

Xinhua expose the university and Caltech have talked with a number of astronomers and scientists of China on cooperation and technology funding, though no final decision made.

Canada and Japan have registered themselves to participate in projects that require toal cost 1 billion dollars, said Xinhua.

Telescope with a mirror diameter of 30 meters it will have the most rapid possible view of the universe and the Milky Way will memgambil image and the stars that formed 13 billion light years away. The telescope will be placed on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

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