Tom Scott: Built for Science

The largest telescope that will ever be built* (1x28)

Air date: Oct 02, 2023

The asterisk is important. The Extremely Large Telescope, in Paranal, Chile, is probably going to be the largest optical telescope that will ever be constructed. I was invited out there by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council and the European Southern Observatory, and I wasn't going to turn down a chance like that.