Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to search for evidence of potential life on planets beyond our solar system - called exoplanets - and peer back in time to look for the ...

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

The location is in Mount Paranal, home to the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), one of ...

Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice.

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 high-precision observatory consists of four 27-foot-wide (8.2 meters) telescopes that act ... peak in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, is one of the last spots on Earth free from urban ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile ... The telescope's primary mirror will measure about 39.3 meters (130 feet), made up of 798 pieces. It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters ... size of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. The telescope's primary mirror will measure about 39.3 meters (130 feet), made up of 798 pieces. It is situated in the middle of ...