Sentences with phrase «funding giant telescopes»

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In a solicitation posted by NSF last week, the agency indicated that it does not expect to fund the building of any giant segmented mirror telescopes — that is, TMT or GMT — until the beginning of the 2020s.

• Radar observations by the giant Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico allow NEA trajectories — and impact probabilities — to be determined most precisely, but uncertain funding threatens this capability.

Visit Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff for a tour of its giant telescopes and learn about research done by National Geographic - funded astronomers before heading back to Las Vegas.