Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Telescopes can get pretty big, incredibly big actually. Unbelievably big. So here's a compilation about how we managed to get them that size and how that size helps us to see.

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Sources:
The Leviathan of Parsonstown
youtube.com/watch?v=GuErXHIPS7A

ALMA: What We’ve Learned From One of the Best Telescopes On Earth
youtube.com/watch?v=Yg_Fis7uG1k

A Telescope Bigger Than The Solar System
youtube.com/watch?v=oyrVXaP65UY