THIRTY METER TELESCOPE PROJECT
Indian astronomers collaborated with Nobel laureates on Thirty Meter Telescope Project.
2020 physics Nobel Laureate Prof. Andrea Ghez had worked closely with Indian astronomers on the design of back-end instruments.
ABOUT
- It is an astronomical observatory with an extremely large telescope (ELT).
- It is International project being funded by scientific organisations of Canada, China, India, Japan and USA
- Planned Location: Mauna kea on the island of Hawaii in the US State.
- Purpose: The TMT is designed for nearultraviolet to mid-infrared observation.
SIGNIFICANCE
- It will enable scientists to study fainter objects far away from us in the Universe, which gives information about the early stages of the evolution of the Universe.
- It will give finer details of not-so-far-away objects like undiscovered planets and other objects in the solar system.