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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 observing the most intriguing ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the ...

Such an increase would be enough to diminish the Very Large Telescope's status as the world's premier observatory, reducing it to merely an "average" facility. That modest 10-percent spike packs a ...

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 ...