In the middle of Chile's Atacama desert, there's lots of activity as construction on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is still underway, with cranes helping to move pieces in place. The ELT is the ...

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In a breathtaking new photograph shared by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the sun rises behind the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), still under construction in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

ESO, the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, is taking an important step towards the realisation of a new, giant telescope for Europe’s astronomers, by creating ...