Paranal’s facilities, however, should soon be outclassed by ESO’s under-construction $1.5-billion Extremely Large Telescope, or ELT, which boasts a light-gathering primary mirror nearly 40 ...

A stronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the ...

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope — is currently under development on the Cerro Armazones ...

Stunning photos show bright comet lighting up the dark skies above ESO'sParanal Observatory, future home of the world's ...

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

Very Large Telescope (VLT). VLT, which cost some $350 million to build in the 1990s ($840 million in today's dollars), is one of the world's most sensitive sky-watching instruments, capable of ...

Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...

STORY: Among the remote desert hills of northern Chile lies the aptly named “Extremely Large Telescope.” :: Cerro Armazones, Chile The project, about 60% complete, is planned as one of the most ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery about black holes, revealing that these cosmic giants can essentially cook ...

The frame of the dome that will house the world's largest telescope has been completed, marking another key milestone in the observatory's construction. The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...