“Thirty Meter Telescope” will study the exoplanets

THIRTY METER TELESCOPE   For: Mains Topics covered: About Telescope, Features & Significance, constructing agency   News Flash Hawaii saw protests against plans to start construction of a giant telescope atop Mauna Kea, the US state’s highest mountain at 14,000 feet.   Highlights It will study the expolanets, which have been detected in the last few years. It will find whether their atmospheres contain water vapour or methane. The signatures of possible life. TMT will…

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