The Very Large Telescope is situated atop Cerro Paranal, an 8,645-foot-high (2,635 m) mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert, about 75 miles (120 km) south of the port city of Antofagasta. The VLT has ...

Crystal-clear skies and perfectly dry air combine to make the Atacama Desert in Chile one of the best ... (ESO), it contains the flagship Very Large Telescope (VLT) and two others, the VLT Survey ...

ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory in northern Chile began operation on May 25, 1998. Here, we present photos of the four Unit Telescopes and some of the amazing images they ...

In 1995, Chile briefly ordered a work stoppage on the Very Large ... a collection of four 27-foot telescopes that can all link together to observe one object. The VLT can even hook up with four ...

Together they form the VLT, or Very Large Telescope, the world's biggest optical ... As the intensely red sun above Northern Chile disappears beyond the horizon, the domes of the four silvery ...

From the summit of Cerro Paranal (2,635 meters), on the concrete platform where the Very Large Telescope (VLT) was installed ... people who live between Chile and Argentina: Antu (the Sun ...

VLT, which cost some $350 million ... guide star for the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile on April 28, 2016. The lasers are part of a ...

The dark skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory, home to the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). A nearby megaproject ... demanding," Laura Ventura, the Chile head of communications at the ...

This image, taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the nearby galaxy NGC 4254. NGC 4254 is a grand-design spiral galaxy located ...

Astronomers witnessed two galaxies engaged in an intense deep-space battle for the first time. Watch the “cosmic joust” in action.

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 Chile, ...