Please note that the webcams are currently under maintenance and will be fully operational as soon as possible. ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) is a flagship facility for European ground-based ...

Members of the research team Grace Chesmore (left) and Katie Harrington (right) open the front of the tester used to analyze the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope receiver optics. CREDIT ...

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you ...

The largest ground-based optical telescopes in use today use mirrors that are 10 m (33 ft) across. But the prospects for future Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs) are looking up. According to recent ...

China's StarWhisper Telescope has been cited in Stanford University's AI Index Report 2026 as a leading 2025 example of AI agents in physics, astronomy, chemistry and materials science, signaling ...

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky Way than any ground-based telescope before it. It's difficult to overstate ...

A new generation of extremely large telescopes requires fresh approaches to correct for the blurring effects caused by the Earth’s atmosphere, as Richard de Grijs, one of an international team of ...

A laser beam shoots from Very Large Telescope´s 8.2-metre Yepun telescope beneath the southern sky. A proposed green hydrogen production facility in Chile’s Atacama Desert may significantly impact one ...

The National Science Foundation takes a step (just one) toward an “extremely large telescope.” By Dennis Overbye The United States should commit $1.6 billion to building an “extremely large telescope” ...

The frame of the dome that will house the world's largest telescope has been completed, marking another key milestone in the observatory's construction. The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

Buying a telescope is a big step, especially if you’re not sure what all those terms — f/ratio, magnification, go-to — mean. So, to eliminate confusion and make sure you understand what you’re buying, ...