The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by ...

Giant ground-based reflector telescopes do much of astronomy's heavy lifting, although the U.S.'s largest in Hawaii is not ...

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 ...

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World’s largest telescope dome completed in Chile ELT dome will house massive telescope for groundbreaking research Telescope aims to revolutionize space exploration by 2028 ...

Credit: ESO/S. Lowery Once completed toward the end of this decade, ELT will be the world's largest telescope studying the universe in visible light, featuring a 130-foot-wide (39.3m) mirror.

Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...

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