Paranal Observatory in Chile, home to the Very Large Telescope and future site of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which is currently under construction. When completed, the ELT will be the ...

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, ...

and other key ingredients for life in our home galaxy,” says NASA. Dichroic beam-splitter The observatory is based around a triple-mirror telescope with an effective diameter of 20 cm, and a 11°x3.5° ...

Today, the observatory is home to a variety of telescopes, as well as artifacts like Lowell's first telescope, classic scientific books and instruments built by the observatory's scientists for ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Paranal Observatory in Chile, home to the Very Large Telescope and future site of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which is currently under construction. When completed, the ELT will be the ...

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the ... In these gorgeous photos from the Paranal Observatory, it's not hard to see why.