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From the ground, the next generation of aptly classified Extremely Large Telescopes, some of which are under construction, will attempt to do the same thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

"Telescopes would certainly see it, and binoculars might," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

Telescopes are, in a way, time-travel machines to faraway galaxies.

From Space Scoop • Mar. 20, 2025

There are craters on the Moon and Mars named in his honor, NASA’s Magellan mission to Venus, and the twin Magellan Telescopes in Chile and the Giant Magellan Telescope currently under construction there.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 29, 2023

Telescopes and microscopes depended on pre-existing techniques for making lenses, and thermometers and barometers depended on pre-existing techniques for blowing glass.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton