Telescopes can change the way people see the universe

Over the next 10 years, space telescopes like Extremely Large, James Webb or Thirty Meter are expected to change the way people see the universe.

The 30m telescope (Thirty Meter Telescope) is named after the 30m wide mirror diameter, which allows to collect a lot of light from objects in the universe. Expected to operate from 2027, the 30 m telescope can take pictures 12 times clearer than Hubble, which has been observing the universe for more than 30 years.

According to Gizmodo, the 30m Telescope allows scientists to observe the first rays of light, the physics of the early universe to better understand dark matter. Protests in Hawaii made the construction of the telescope difficult, but it is likely that the instrument is still complete and operational at this site.

The Extremely Large Telescope of the European Space Research Organization (ESO) in the Southern Hemisphere, which started construction in 2017, is expected to become an optical telescope, observing infrared rays. The largest telescope in the world, surpassing the Very Large Telescope, which has been operated by ESO since 1998.

The diameter of the mirror surface of the Extremely Large Telescope is 39m wide, which can receive 100 million times more light than the human eye. Its objectives include observing and analyzing the habitability of exoplanets, studying black holes, galaxy evolution and the early universe. The telescope is expected to operate from 2027.

The James Webb (Web Space Telescope) telescope, launched at the end of 2021, is in the final stages of testing before officially operating at the end of this year. As NASA's most powerful telescope to date, James Webb can look inside the atmospheres of exoplanets, collecting data on some galaxies through infrared light that is invisible to the human eye. (Photo: NASA).

James Webb will analyze every stage of the universe's history, including the first rays of light after the Big Bang, the formation of galaxies, stars and planets. The power of the telescope could answer questions about how the first galaxies formed 13.5 billion years ago. That helps scientists analyze the formation of early galaxies, finding exoplanets that could have life.

The Giant Magellan Telescope is located in the Atacama desert (Chile), one of the ideal places to observe the universe. When operating, the glasses will use 7 mirrors with a width of 8.2 m to observe near infrared light. According to Giant Magellan's website, the observation power of this telescope is four times stronger than James Webb and 10 times stronger than Hubble.

Giant Magellan's instruments help study exoplanets and the biology of their atmospheres. In addition, the telescope also helps observe the evolution of galaxies, gravitational waves and objects easily visible in the near infrared, including planetary systems. According to Smithsonian, the telescope is expected to operate from 2029.

The Simonyi Survey Telescope is part of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, part of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) program. The glasses feature the largest digital camera ever built with a resolution of 3.2 billion pixels, which can collect 15 TB of data on the brightness, position, shape and color of celestial objects into the sky. night.

From the above data, scientists were able to create footage of cosmic motion in extremely high resolution. While other telescopes focus on specific objects in the sky, Simonyi will record everything, creating a spatial context for the operation of other telescopes.