The mighty telescope is expected to see its "first light" by 2028. The frame of the dome that will house the world's largest telescope has been completed, marking another key milestone in the ...

The frame of the dome that will house the world's largest telescope has been completed, marking another key milestone in the observatory's construction. The European Southern Observatory's (ESO ...

Very Large Telescope (VLT). VLT, which cost some $350 million to build in the 1990s ($840 million in today's dollars), is one of the world's most sensitive sky-watching instruments, capable of ...

Four bright lasers, the most powerful ever put on a telescope, fire into the night sky to create an artificial guide star for the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope at the ...

A high-stakes face-off is brewing in the arid deserts of northern Chile, between astronomers building the world’s largest optical telescope and a proposed green energy megaproject from an ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by light pollution due to a planned renewable energy project. The U.S. energy ...

The team's findings will be presented this week at the 245th American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, D.C. The Webb Telescope, the successor to the Hubble and the largest telescope ...

Astronomers sound the alarm as a proposed renewable hydrogen project in Chile threatens to disrupt the pristine night skies ...

A massive $10 billion renewable energy complex proposed just a few miles from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile could severely disrupt observations with increased ...

Scientists have warned that a renewable energy project poses a risk for the world’s largest telescope. AES Energy, a US-based company, plans to construct a large renewable hydrogen facility in ...

Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered. 3 min read The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to free astronomers of a limitation that has plagued them since the days of ...