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Chile: ELT: The telescope that promises to discover whether there is life on a ‘second Earth’ from Chile
In the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, an immense silver dome is being prepared to house the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2028. This will be the world's ...
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Prof. Isobel Hook to Receive 2025 Caroline Herschel Medal for Outstanding Astrophysics Research
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and the German Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft, AG) are delighted to announce that the Caroline Herschel Medal 2025 is awarded to Prof. Isobel ...
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Chile's astronomers warn green energy project could dim world's clearest night skies
As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.