After all, a telescope is nothing more than a large monocular, so whether you buy one or the other for astronomy, it will be down to affordability and portability. Monoculars may not be ...

Workers in Chile are making progress on the Extremely Large Telescope, planned as one of the most capable astronomical observatories ever assembled. Olivia Zollino reports. Real Madrid first club to ...

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) ...

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope — is currently under development on the Cerro Armazones ...

Astronomers and scientists are warning that light pollution from a planned renewable energy project could threaten the functioning of European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in ...

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 ...

An image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1086 obtained by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The galaxy has a distance of 47 million light-years and is one of the nearest ...

Astronomers have now produced the highest resolution direct images ever taken of a supermassive black hole in the infrared, using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer. Active galactic ...

The large objective lens gathers more light, providing brighter and clearer images, even in low-light conditions. This feature is particularly useful for observing objects or scenes in the early ...