Thirty Meter Telescope: Hawaii's Giant Space Eye (Gallery)

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World's Largest Reflecting Telescopes (Infographic)

by Karl Tate, Infographics Artist

In the coming decade, three enormous telescopes - the Giant Magellan Telescope, the European Extremely Large Telescope and the Thirty Meter Telescope - will come online. See how they stack up in this SPACE.com infographic.

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