The next 40 years will see telescopes that far outstrip any ever seen before. Jeff Kanipe profiles four of them; illustrations by Lynette Cook.
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Jeff Kanipe is a science writer based in Maryland. He is the author of The Cosmic Connection Lynette Cook is an artist and illustrator based in California.See Editorial, page 7, and online for more.
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Kanipe, J., Cook, L. Year of astronomy: New eyes, new skies. Nature 457, 18–25 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/457018a
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