Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution and other unwanted side effects from the proposed construction of a renewa ...

New instruments, like the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), will hasten that search when they come online. Until then, the search for more exoplanets will continue.

Scientists found winds on WASP-127b moving at 33,000 km/h. These are the fastest jetstream winds ever recorded on any planet ...

A project expected to bring major changes to humanity's understanding of the universe, the Extremely Large Telescope with a main mirror nearly 40 meters across, is being assembled in Chile's Atacama ...

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...