Tom Scott

17 Tonnes of Spinning Glass: Making the World's Largest Telescope

S8 • E1    Jan 1, 2018    5m
At the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab, under the football stadium of the University of Arizona, there's an enormous rotating furnace, keeping tonnes of glass heated as it forms the mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope. Here's a look inside.

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