04-23-2015, 05:57 AM
ELT or TMT, but both would certainly be more than capable of making such an observation.
Thanks Tom. It's incredible how much has been discovered about other worlds in the past decade with existing telescopes. First exoplanets, then exoplanets with earth like conditions. Now for the first time we're capable of finding those planets with their own reflected light. Who knows what the TMT may discover with it's ability to gather three times more light than most other telescopes.
When I was a kid I still believed there were big-eyed Martians living alongside their network of canals. We've come a long way.
Thanks Tom. It's incredible how much has been discovered about other worlds in the past decade with existing telescopes. First exoplanets, then exoplanets with earth like conditions. Now for the first time we're capable of finding those planets with their own reflected light. Who knows what the TMT may discover with it's ability to gather three times more light than most other telescopes.
When I was a kid I still believed there were big-eyed Martians living alongside their network of canals. We've come a long way.
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