India plays key role in world's largest telescope
India plays key role in world’s largest telescope © Provided by The Times of India NEW DELHI: India’s contribution to the world’s largest telescope just got bigger. Apart from producing edge sensors, mirrors, actuators and electronics for the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) which is in development in Hawaii, India will also develop a high-resolution optical spectrometer (HROS) for it. The spectrometer — a device that collects light waves and uses them to determine what material created the light — is expected to fast forward the telescope’s glimpse into formation of the first gala...