The Laser Interferometry Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) detects gravitational waves from the surface of Earth. LIGO consists of two observatories in the USA, one in Louisiana and one in Washington.

The SKA is a multi radio telescope project, designed to be built in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Once built, it will have a collecting area of roughly one square kilometre. It will operate over a wide range of frequencies, and it will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio telescope. It will be able to survey the sky 10,000 times faster than ever before.

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will be the world's largest telescope seeing visible and infra-red wavelengths. It is currently under construction, and is due to be completed in 2024. The primary mirror is 40 metres in diameter, and will collect 100 million times more light than the human eye.