Ingenious liquid mirrors will soon help astronomers peer out to the
edge of the visible universe.
Why waste good money on a fiendishly expensive glass mirror for a
huge telescope, when you can have a cheaper, flawless mirror simply
by spinning a pool of mercury?
<http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14030-liquidmirror-telescopes-are-a-reality-at-last.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_dn14030>Link
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