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The mirrors for Chile’s future extremely large telescope are polished to atomic precision in Poitou

A factory in Poitou is polishing mirrors for the future Extremely Large Telescope in Chile to extraordinary, atom-level precision. It’s a fascinating meeting of careful craftsmanship and ambitious astronomy. These mirrors will be part of a telescope designed to explore the universe from the ground. And here’s the thing: the journey to observing distant worlds begins with surfaces polished with remarkable exactness.
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