The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared ... as well as measuring the expansion of the universe. The latest progress photos ...

The mighty telescope ... The latest progress photos taken in January 2025 show cranes busy at work installing the outer aluminum layers, also known as cladding. Part of the dome will have large ...

In these gorgeous photos from the Paranal Observatory, it's not hard to see why. Photographer Yuri Beletsky caught comet G3 (ATLAS) looking " almost like a watercolor painting," ESO wrote in a ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope under construction in the Atacama desert in January 2025. | Credit: ESO/G. Vecchia The latest progress photos taken in January 2025 show cranes busy at work ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) soared through the starry skies above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile, home to the Very Large Telescope and future site of the ...

Paranal’s facilities, however, should soon be outclassed by ESO’s under-construction $1.5-billion Extremely Large Telescope, or ELT, which boasts a light-gathering primary mirror nearly 40 ...

Construction of the world's largest telescope moves forward with progress of the structure's dome and housing for the primary mirror. The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large ...

The Extremely Large ... telescope built in Chile's Atacama Desert - one of the driest places on Earth. The telescope built by 16 nations in the European Southern Observatory (ETO) will produce ...

A: The Extremely Large Telescope is planned to be one of the most capable astronomical observatories ever assembled. The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to search for evidence ...

Video and photos courtesy of ESO. Follow TI: On Facebook More from Tech On April 26, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope achieved “first light” on its new optics system ...

AbstractBoth meteorology and optical conditions are crucial for selecting the best site to host extremely large telescopes such as the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and the European project (E-ELT).

Jean Vernin, Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón, Marc Sarazin, Héctor Vazquez Ramió, Antonia M. Varela, Hervé Trinquet, José Miguel Delgado, Jesús Jiménez Fuensalida ...