The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a ...

Early simulations show that it would take only 10 hours for the forthcoming ELT to find signs of life near Proxima Centauri.

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky ...

Over the past few years or so the most talked about kind of telescope was the one that is meant to operate in space. An ...

With the promise of revolutionizing our view of nearby star systems, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is poised to do ...

Credit: J. Beltrán/ESO Work began on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) more than a decade ago, and it's still about three years away from its ribbon-cutting ceremony. But if scientists are ...

With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large ...

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, ...

Upcoming telescopes, particularly ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which is currently under construction at Cerro Armazones in Chile, will revolutionize our ability to study exoplanetary ...