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Watch the world’s largest telescope converge beneath the Milky Way (video)

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Watch the world's largest telescope converge beneath the Milky Way (video)

Stunning newly released images show that the Extremely Large Telescope is now half complete. Images taken in June show the structure of the Earth-based Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) currently under construction atop the Cerro Armazones mountain in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile with extraordinary detail. When completed, the ELT will boast a 128-foot (39-meter) … Leer más

The world’s largest telescope is half built

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The European Southern Observatory continues to build the world’s largest telescope, the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). Construction of the telescope began in 2014 with the flattening of a peak called Cerro Armazones in Chile’s Atacama desert. ESO has just announced that construction progress has passed the 50% mark. The remaining work will take another … Leer más