What is the Extremely Large Telescope?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What is the Extremely Large Telescope?

The Hindu  

A: The Extremely Large Telescope is planned to be one of the most capable astronomical observatories ever assembled. The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to search for evidence of potential life on exoplanets and peer back in time to look for the universe’s earliest stars and galaxies. We’re going to be able to see how the first galaxies were formed at the beginning of the universe,” said astrophysicist Itziar de Gregorio, the ESO representative in Chile. The telescope’s giant primary mirror will be made of 798 small mirrors and collectively be about 39.3 metres wide.

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The Extremely Large Telescope is astronomy's next big thing
6 months ago

The Extremely Large Telescope is astronomy's next big thing

ABC  

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 …

The Extremely Large Telescope will transform astronomy
1 year, 3 months ago

The Extremely Large Telescope will transform astronomy

The Economist  

Science & technology | It does what it says on the tin The Extremely Large Telescope will transform astronomy It will be the world’s biggest optical telescope by far—and a powerful time machine Your browser does not support this video. ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope construction site Video: G. Hüdepohl/ESO I t is the colours of a sunset that inspire Joseph …

Hubble Space Telescope takes its largest near-infrared image ever
2 years, 9 months ago

Hubble Space Telescope takes its largest near-infrared image ever

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Hubble Space Telescope has taken its largest near-infrared image yet, covering a …

WHAT IS THE VERY LARGE TELESCOPE?
6 years, 8 months ago

WHAT IS THE VERY LARGE TELESCOPE?

Daily Mail  

The European Southern Observatory built the most powerful telescope ever made in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is called the Very Large Telescope and is widely regarded as one of the most advanced optical instruments ever made. The European Southern observatory built the most powerful telescope ever made in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and called it …

Scientists capture moment a new planet is born for first ever time
6 years, 8 months ago

Scientists capture moment a new planet is born for first ever time

Daily Mail  

Scientists have used the most powerful telescope ever built for peering into the depths of the universe to witness a planet being born for the first time. The newborn world was snapped using the ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile's Atacama desert and is thought to be 370 light years from Earth. Scroll down for video This spectacular image from …

Construction in Chile of world's largest telescope approved
10 years, 3 months ago

Construction in Chile of world's largest telescope approved

India TV News  

Santiago: The Council of the European Southern Observatory, or ESO, has approved the construction in the Atacama desert of the world's most powerful telescope, capable of studying whether life exists in other galaxies. According to ESO General Director Tim de Zeeuw, the announcement means that "the telescope can now be built, and that major industrial construction work for the E-ELT …

Dutch team starts work on massive telescope in Chile
10 years, 9 months ago

Dutch team starts work on massive telescope in Chile

NL Times  

The biggest telescope in the world will soon bring the mysteries of the universe a few steps closer, as project developers begin readying the top of a 3,000 meter-high mountain in Chile to form the base of the telescope, which will be large enough to capture life on other planets. About 20 kilometers away from the building site, the Cerro …

Europe to build world's biggest telescope powerful enough to see mountains on planets beyond our solar system
12 years, 9 months ago

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

Daily Mail  

Europe to build world's biggest telescope powerful enough to see mountains on planets beyond our solar system £872million project will be built on Chilean mountaintop by 2022 A coalition of 15 European countries has announced plans to build the biggest telescope in the world. The mirror inside the telescope will measure 39metres across - four times wider than today's biggest …

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