Why do we need an extremely large telescope like the Giant Magellan Telescope?

Question: Why do we need an extremely large telescope like the Giant Magellan Telescope?
- Keywords:
  space,
  telescope
Asked by anon-332924 on 14 Dec 2022.
- Ben Dryer answered on 14 Dec 2022:
  
  The larger the telescope, in general, the smaller things it can see without distortion. We can see dimmer things because the telescope can collect and focus more light.