FORMER GOOGLE CEO PLANS TO SINGLEHANDEDLY FUND A HUBBLE TELESCOPE REPLACEMENT

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have announced major investments in four telescope projects. Each of the telescopes brings a new novel capability online. The most intriguing instrument is a space-based telescope named Lazuli that is designed to be a more capable and modern version of the Hubble Space Telescope. The Schmidts' investment, estimated to be worth half a billion dollars, has enormous potential to advance the study of astronomy and astrophysics.