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

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 ...

Workers in Chile are making progress on the Extremely Large Telescope, planned as one of the most capable astronomical ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

A: The Extremely Large Telescope is planned to be one of the ... intergovernmental research organisation and is under construction in northern Chile. “It’s going to impact practically all ...

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

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

home to the Very Large Telescope and future site of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which is currently under construction. When completed, the ELT will be the world's largest telescope ...

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 ...