ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

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

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

Recent science updates include Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaking the sound barrier, progress on the Extremely Large Telescope ...

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 ...

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The location is in Mount Paranal, home to the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), one of the most advanced instruments for sky observation. The planned INNA hydrogen ...

“It is crucial to consider alternative locations for this megaproject ... Eventually, the Very Large Telescope will be succeeded by the Extremely Large Telescope (inventive names, I know ...

The U.S. energy company AES Energy wants to build a large renewable ... Armazones as a location of its next generation sky-observing super-machine — the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk ... Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT). VLT, which cost some $350 million ...