The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky ...
Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri.
The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a ...
An idea that calls for the creation of inflatable starshades for telescopes has been recognized by NASA as part of the ...
Over the past few years or so the most talked about kind of telescope was the one that is meant to operate in space. An ...
The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.
Nestled at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet, atop a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert called Cerro Armazones, scientists and engineers are constructing the largest visible light and infrared ...
The Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert could detect signs of alien life on other planets ...
With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?
With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large ...