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.
The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.
This eye-catching Picture of the Week was captured from ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the observatory sits proudly atop the 2635-metre-high Cerro Paranal in Northern ...
A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles. The researchers used data from the Hawaii island-based Gemini Telescope and Chile-based Very Large Telescope to confirm the ...
With Gravity, they provided a crucial instrument with which the four 8-meter telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope, VLT, can be connected to form a large, virtual telescope. This technology enabled ...
"Light pollution from projects like INNA doesn't just hinder research, it steals our shared view of the universe." A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could ...