The Extremely Large Telescope is astronomy's next big thing

6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Extremely Large Telescope is astronomy's next big thing

A telescope the size of a stadium is rising in the Chilean desert. A trailblazing predecessor On the crest of the hill beside the residence stands the Very Large Telescope or VLT: the existing top-of-the-range "eye on the sky" run by the ESO. "Each single observation with the ELT is going to be mind blowing — something that has never been seen with such depth, with such granularity … It's going to allow us not just a step forward, but a jump." Each of the VLT's four lasers creates its own artificial "guide star". This "base camp" is tucked into the shoulder of Cerro Armazones: the mountain whose peak was levelled with dynamite to make way for the ELT's foundations.

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What is the Extremely Large Telescope?

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The Extremely Large Telescope will transform astronomy

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Construction in Chile of world's largest telescope approved

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Europe to build world's biggest telescope powerful enough to see mountains on planets beyond our solar system

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Europe to build world's biggest telescope powerful enough to see mountains on planets beyond our solar system

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Scientists make most detailed ever infrared map of the Milky Way, changing view of our galaxy

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What is a telescope? How good are modern telescopes? | Explained

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What is a telescope? How good are modern telescopes? | Explained

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NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star

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NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star

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Opinion: America’s ‘big glass’ dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes

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Opinion: America’s ‘big glass’ dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes

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World's largest digital camera gets ready for its cosmic photoshoot

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Science Ministry team visits Hawaii to take stock of international telescope project

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Science Ministry team visits Hawaii to take stock of international telescope project

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Virtual Earth-sized telescope shows how science is changing

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Ghost of a dead star glows pink in new Very Large Telescope image

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First images of asteroid strike from Webb, Hubble telescopes

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Giant telescope pulls in tourists

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New James Webb space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons

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Webb Telescope May Have Already Found Most Distant Known Galaxy

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Webb Telescope May Have Already Found Most Distant Known Galaxy

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures images of galaxies thousands of light-years away

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures images of galaxies thousands of light-years away

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NASA’s James Webb telescope beams first cosmic view of ‘deepest’ universe

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NASA’s James Webb telescope beams first cosmic view of ‘deepest’ universe

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NASA’s space telescope reveals sharpest infrared view of the universe to date

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NASA’s space telescope reveals sharpest infrared view of the universe to date

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Hubble Space Telescope takes its largest near-infrared image ever

2 years, 10 months ago

Hubble Space Telescope takes its largest near-infrared image ever

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NASA releases stunning new images comparing sharper view of Universe using Webb MIRI vs Spitzer telescopes

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Vast ‘megamaser’ laser bigger than any other found before detected in space

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures test image of star and ancient galaxies over 2,000 light-years away

3 years ago

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Nasa’s next big space telescope could see Jupiter-sized exoplanets

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Nasa’s next big space telescope could see Jupiter-sized exoplanets

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James Webb Space Telescope: When to expect the first images from the state-of-the-art observatory

3 years, 2 months ago

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3 years, 2 months ago

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3 years, 3 months ago

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NASA's new space telescope 'hunky-dory' after ground controllers fixed a pair of problems

3 years, 3 months ago

NASA's new space telescope 'hunky-dory' after ground controllers fixed a pair of problems

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3 years, 3 months ago

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3 years, 3 months ago

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3 years, 3 months ago

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3 years, 3 months ago

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NASA just launched the most powerful space telescope ever. Watch it here

3 years, 3 months ago

NASA just launched the most powerful space telescope ever. Watch it here

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3 years, 3 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope, world’s largest, lifts off into orbit

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3 years, 3 months ago

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3 years, 3 months ago

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Five mysteries of the universe the James Webb Space Telescope may help us solve

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3 years, 3 months ago

Webb telescope launches on daring quest to behold first stars

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James Webb Space Telescope finally set to launch on mission to explore the early universe

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