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The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...
How Light Pollution Is Threatening the Very Large Telescopes in Chile: An Expert’s Warning
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Yahoo21 天
World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk ... Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT). VLT, which cost some $350 million ...
Yahoo20 天
World's largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)
The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope — is currently under development on the Cerro Armazones ...