While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...
Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...
A stronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the ...
Astronomers worry about light pollution from industrial projects ... their telescopes. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is currently building the €1.45 billion Extremely Large Telescope ...
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A: The Extremely Large Telescope is ... earth for astronomy. The telescope is located on Armazones Hill, about 3 km above sea level and about 1,000 km north of Chile’s capital.