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

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ESO's Extremely Large Telescope construction at Atacama desert in Chile ...

The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to search for evidence of potential life on planets beyond our solar system - called exoplanets - and peer back in time to look for the ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...