Tuesday, October 27, 2026
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27 exoplanet targets for the world's first private space telescope

The Lazuli Space Telescope will be the first private space telescope. It's the brainchild of Eric Schmidt, Google's former CEO. It will have a 3-meter mirror (9.8 feet), larger than Hubble's 2.4-meter mirror (7.9 feet), and will be launched by 2029.

27 exoplanet targets for the world's first private space telescope
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The Lazuli Space Telescope will be the first private space telescope. It's the brainchild of Eric Schmidt, Google's former CEO. It will have a 3-meter mirror (9.8 feet), larger than Hubble's 2.4-meter mirror (7.9 feet), and will be launched by 2029.

Originally published at Phys.org

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