Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife are privately funding four revolutionary telescopes, including Lazuli, a space-based observatory with a 3.1-meter mirror that will launch by 2028 to provide a more modern replacement for the aging Hubble telescope. The investment, likely worth at least half a billion dollars, also includes three ground-based telescope arrays that will use AI and modular designs to capture unprecedented views of the universe.
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