The massive dome measures 305 feet (93 meters) in diameter, or about the size of a football field and stands 263 feet (80 ...

Beneath a breathtaking full Moon, construction on the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope—the ELT—progresses in ...

In a breathtaking new photograph shared by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the sun rises behind the Extremely Large ...

However, understanding whether this suspected-rocky planet has the capacity to support life or not will provide our ...

Using the Very Large Telescope, researc... The construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile's Atacama Desert has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its dome's ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) sits at the peak of Cerro Armazones. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in Chile, could potentially search for alien life ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a ...

While the Webb Telescope watched exoplanet K2‑18b glide across its parent star, sulfur‑bearing gases appeared in the planet’s ...

The ELT is leaping toward the stars, quite literally — its massive dome, once skeletal, is now clad in protective armor, ...

With the aid of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have found compelling evidence that biological life is ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) recently shared new progress photos of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope. The ELT is currently ...