The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, ...
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.
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 ...
New findings from the ALMA telescope have revealed that planets are born in much smaller protoplanetary disks than ...
The world's largest telescope is almost as big as your house—and it’s unlocking the universe’s biggest mysteries.
The Simons Observatory, a most advanced network of telescopes aimed at mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with unprecedented precision, has reached a major milestone: the Large Aperture ...
The Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR) telescope has been imagined as a habitable planet hunter, but it could be so much ...
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 ...
The International Dark Sky Discovery Center expects to open later this year. Here's when you can visit. Don't miss the Dark Sky Festival on March 29.