The Extremely Large Telescope, located in Paranal, Chile, is poised to be the largest optical telescope ever constructed.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the largest telescopes ever built is one step closer to completion. On June 12, the National Science Foundation announced that the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is entering the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) is currently in the planning phase but could soon become ...

PASADENA, CA, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Giant Magellan Telescope today welcomes Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA), a distinguished Taiwanese research ...

As the 10th American institution to invest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology expands the Giant Magellan Telescope international consortium to 16 members from the United States, Chile, Australia, ...

Chilean technicians exploded the top off of Las Campanas Peak in the Atacama Desert to begin the construction of a telescope ten times as powerful as the Hubble on Friday morning. The event was so ...

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that time was “running out” in the race to build the next great optical telescope ...

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The GMTO Corporation, the international consortium building the Giant Magellan Telescope, today announced it has appointed Daniel T. Jaffe as ...

Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

This is not a close-up of a sparkling soda from a movie theater promotion. The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image ...