Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's philanthropic organization, Schmidt Sciences, is launching the Schmidt Observatory System to ...

The Schmidts' philanthropic research organization will build a 3-meter space telescope and fund three ground-based facilities.

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...

As reported by Science, the telescope was announced at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society this week and could be ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy are privately funding four ambitious telescope projects, including the ...

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, are privately funding four large-scale telescope projects, including a modern successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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