Inside Europe's bid to build world's most powerful optical telescope

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Inside Europe's bid to build world's most powerful optical telescope

Issued on: 27/04/2026 - 15:16

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Chile's Atacama desert has become a hub of world-class astronomy, with some of the clearest views of our universe. A new project from the European Southern Observatory, the Extremely Large Telescope, will bring those stunning views even closer to the human eye.

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