China has started construction of the world's largest 500-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope, so big as 30 football fields, in a remote region.
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, Dec.27, 2008 ("Newscape")
Wikipedia articles on:
"HALE TELESCOPE"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_telescope
"GREAT TELESCOPE OF CANARY ISLANDS": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Telescopio_Canarias
"LEAVIATHAN OF PARSONSTOWN (72-inch Reflecting Telescope):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_of_Parsonstown
"LIST OF LARGEST OPTICAL REFLECTING TELESCOPES":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_optical_reflecting_telescopes
"LIST OF LARGEST OPTICAL REFRACTING TELESCOPES":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_optical_refracting_telescopes
"TIMELINE OF TELESCOPY":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_telescope_technology
"WORLD'S LARGEST NEUTRINO TELESCOPE IS BEING BUILT" from Softpedia.com:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-039-s-Largest-Neutrino-Telescope-Is-Being-Built-99758.shtml
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