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 under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert could detect signs of alien life on other planets ...

Nadeen Sabha,University Innsbruck is the first astrophysicist in Austria to lead a research project at the new James Webb ...

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, ...