In Chile's Atacama Desert, the European Southern Observatory is constructing the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), poised to ...

This particular telescope is under construction in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, one of the darkest places on Earth ...

Chile is constructing the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the world's largest optical and near-infrared telescope, atop ...

The construction of the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope is making significant strides in the remote ...

The ELT is on its way to becoming the largest optical telescope in the world, and as it rises beneath some of the clearest ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

A research team led by Shuo Huang (NAOJ and Nagoya University) has observed a massive and extremely active barred spiral ...

Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), perched atop the Hawaiian mountain of Haleakalā, is the world's largest telescope used ... said National Solar Observatory optical engineer Stacey Sueoka.

The VTF features the largest Fabry-Pérot ... something no other instrument in the telescope can achieve in the same way," said Dr. Stacey Sueoka, Senior Optical Engineer at NSO.

across — the largest ever made for an optical telescope. The massive dome measures 305 feet (93 meters) in diameter, or about the size of a football field and stands 263 feet (80 meters ...