Last week AES Andes—a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, an American energy company—announced it had scrapped its plans for a ...

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 ...

The Square Kilometer Array will have its first light next year, and the Extremely Large Telescope will be completed and operational by March 2029. Now, Schmidt Science has announced plans for four ...

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

Perched high on a ridge in the South American Andes, a new observatory aims to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos and unravel some of the mysteries it holds. Featuring the world’s largest ...

Hoping to see deeper into the universe, scientists and engineers are designing some of the largest and weirdest telescopes ever conceived. Come with our guest host Astro Alexandra on a tour of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A dramatic rise in the number of internet satellites ...

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 ...

Budget 2026 brings a major boost to science as FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces four key telescope projects to strengthen ...

Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...

The next generation of telescopes could soon allow astronomers to examine worlds orbiting dead stars for signs of life. Planets orbiting white dwarfs should be dead — at least one star in their system ...

It's a delicate process in which science meets craftsmanship in the Chilean desert. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Night after ...