The telescope is designed to study the furthest reaches of the universe.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►the far/furthest/vast reaches of space
(=the far, furthest etc areas of space)· Light takes time to travel across the vast reaches of space.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►point
· At the half way point of their journeys, are they at their furthest point from the Earth?· By nine o'clock we had reached Port land's furthest point.· The Reiksport is the furthest point that these really big ships can travel from the coast.
►thing
· Bushes were the furthest thing from my mind.· That was the furthest thing from our minds.· Your mystery date is the furthest thing from mind.
1at the greatest distance from a place or point in timeSYN farthest: There was a huge tapestry on the furthest wall.furthest away/from He walked slowly toward the end of the jury box furthest from the judge.2more or to a greater degree than other people or things, or than before: Maltby’s book has probably gone furthest in explaining these events.