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Workers in Chile are making progress on the Extremely Large Telescope, planned as one of the most capable astronomical ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

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

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

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

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 ...

Ask an astronomer what the best monocular is for astronomy, and they will give you the same answer: One of the best telescopes. After all, a telescope is nothing more than a large monocular ...

CERRO PARANAL, Chile - Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by ...

Mysterious little red dots threatened to overhaul modern cosmology—but new research may have solved the celestial conundrum.