ESO's Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert is seen from directly above while its ...

At the Paranal Observatory, the UT4 telescope doesn't just stargaze—it actively creates its own stars using powerful lasers ...

The ELT is on its way to becoming the largest optical telescope in the world, and as it rises beneath some of the clearest ...

In Chile's Atacama Desert, the European Southern Observatory is constructing the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), poised to ...

This particular telescope is under construction in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, one of the darkest places on Earth ...

The massive dome measures 305 feet (93 meters) in diameter, or about the size of a football field and stands 263 feet (80 meters) tall. Construction of the world's largest telescope has reached ...

Using the Very Large Telescope, researc... The construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile's Atacama Desert has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its dome's ...

Picture it: viewing a giant telescope emerging under the same sky. In Chile's Atacama Desert, a new wonder is slowly emerging — the European Southern Observatory's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT ...

which will actually house seven 8.4-meter telescopes, will likely exceed $1 billion. The staggeringly huge 39.3-meter European Extremely Large Telescope, or E-ELT, is projected to cost $1.35 billion.

The surprise discovery was made using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Several planets orbiting two stars at once, like the fictional Star Wars world Tatooine ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) recently shared new progress photos of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope. The ELT is currently ...