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World’s Largest Telescope Faces a New Dire Threat: Light Pollution from Renewable Energy
Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...
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NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes 'blow' on their food to cool it down
Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause ...
Chile-based telescope will search for earliest stars and signs of extraterrestrial life
Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...
Work progresses on giant telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert
CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers ...
Space.com13d
Major telescope makers hit by class action lawsuit over alleged price fixing
Amateur astronomers who have purchased telescopes from leading suppliers in the U.S. may be entitled to a payment from a ...
World's largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)
The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...
Impacts8d
The Evolution of Telescopes: From Galileo to Modern-Day Astronomy
The journey of astronomical telescopes began in the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei crafted his first refracting ...
The Gazette10d
Curious Iowa: Why does North Liberty have a radio telescope?
North Liberty’s best kept secret looks like a giant satellite dish nestled in a wooded area between North Liberty and ...
Scientific American13d
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Was Never Meant to Look at the Sun. Astronomers Tried It Anyway
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
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Chile's Giant Telescope: Peering into the Universe's Origins
The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...
The Washington Post18d
A rare look at NASA’s next sharp-eyed space telescope
The main element, informally referred to as “the telescope” but officially called the “optical telescope assembly,” showed up this fall. It was originally built as a spy satellite for the ...