On Wednesday, Schmidt Sciences — an organization funded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy Schmidt — announced an ambitious initiative to build a space telescope larger than Hubble and fund the construction of three innovative ground-based observatories. Together, the four facilities are called the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System and Continue reading "Eric and Wendy Schmidt to fund space telescope, three ground-based observatories" The post Eric and Wendy Schmidt to fund space telescope, three ground-based observatories appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .