India and Japan Collaborate on Revolutionary Thirty Metre Telescope to Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Nov 25, 2025 01:42 pm CST

India and Japan have partnered to build the groundbreaking Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT), featuring a 30-metre primary mirror composed of 500 precisely aligned smaller mirrors. This international collaboration aims to revolutionize our understanding of the universe by studying black holes, distant galaxies, and potentially discovering extraterrestrial life signatures on exoplanets. With Indian expertise in opto-mechanical systems and scheduled completion by mid-2030s, this project represents a significant advancement in international astronomy and space exploration.