The European Southern Observatory bills its Very Large Telescope array as the world's most advanced optical instrument. Each of the four Unit telescopes, boasting mirrors 27 feet (8.2 meters ...

Simulations imitating the ELT's operational state have shown that the Very Large Telescope's (VLT ... will feature a 39-meter-wide primary mirror array, lending it nearly 14 times the light ...

This is not an incremental step forward: the Allen Telescope Array was constructed to increase the stellar reconnaissance for artificial signals by orders of magnitude. It is a very large step for ...

New Mexico has long been a leader in radio astronomy, with the iconic Very Large Array (VLA) standing as a symbol of scientific innovation for nearly ...

The Very Large Telescope captured the images with help ... comprised of various elements and ionized gases. That brilliant array of colors is just how all those little bits and particles look ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility ... At Paranal, ESO operates the Very Large Telescope, the world’s most advanced visible-light astronomical ...

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the Powers of 10 video, which came out in the 1970s. Perhaps you remember it, with the narrator taking us both outward toward the fathomless end of the Universe ...