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Read article: GMT or TMT? Fate of next-generation telescope falls to expert panel set up by US National Science Foundation
The group will examine the readiness of the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Thirty Meter Telescope
Read article: US DIII-D National Fusion Facility resumes operations following series of upgrades
The improvements will allow researchers to better control and study fusion plasmas
Read article: Astronomy conference travel is on par with Africa’s per-capita carbon footprint
Travel to astronomy meetings in 2019 resulted in the emission of 42,500 tonnes of emissions
Read article: Australia raises eyebrows by splashing A$1bn into US quantum-computing start-up PsiQuantum
The bold investment has been met with a mixed response
Read article: China launches Chang’e-6 mission to return samples from the Moon’s far side
Craft is attempting to land in the northeastern side of the South Pole-Aitken Basin
Read article: World’s highest observatory begins operations in Chile
The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory will study the origins of planets and galaxies
Read article: NASA demands new designs for cost-hit Mars Sample Return mission
Space agency admits that a new timeline of 2040 for the craft is “unacceptably too long”
Read article: US Electron-Ion Collider hits construction milestone
The Electron-Ion Collider will be built at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, New York
Read article: Europe plans to build 100-qubit quantum computer by 2026
Funded by Quantum Delta NL, the quantum computer is expected to be made publicly available
Read article: US astronomers slam cuts to the Chandra X-ray observatory
NASA says that increasing management costs means it cannot afford to the keep the “great observatory” operational
