Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope under construction in the Atacama desert in January 2025. | Credit: ESO/G. Vecchia The latest progress photos taken in January 2025 show cranes busy at work ...

The frame of the dome that will house the world's largest telescope ... The latest progress photos taken in January 2025 show cranes busy at work installing the outer aluminum layers, also known as ...

The telescope's primary mirror will measure about 39.3 meters (130 feet), made up of 798 pieces. It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth ...

After 2024 YR4 was detected late last year, the European Space Observatory (ESO)'s Very Large Telescope in Chile captured these images of the ... Sentry’s latest version is smart enough to ...

Chile, the world's largest copper producer and second-largest lithium producer, has seen mining and renewable energy projects expand in its mineral-rich north in recent years. Paranal telescope ...

CERRO PARANAL, Chile - Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial development according to astronomers. Angel Otarola ...

Since early January, astronomers have used the Magdalena Ridge Observatory in New Mexico, the Danish Telescope and the Very Large Telescope ... at the end of the current observing window ...