The birth of looking closer
Bending and bouncing light
Beyond the visible rainbow
Leaving Earth behind
The global eyes of tomorrow
artiteacher Slide the lenses into place to discover how telescopes bend light to magnify stars.
artiteacher Currently under construction in Chile, the ELT will be the world's largest optical telescope.
What will be the diameter of the primary mirror of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)?
Which international organization is currently constructing the Extremely Large Telescope?
artiteacher The global eyes of tomorrow
Our giant eye, catching the starlight, more than the rest of the world combined!
artiteacher A massive multi-nation project is building the world's largest radio telescope network across Africa and Australia.
Which desert in Chile is considered the world's premier site for ground-based astronomy?
Mega mirrors: The Extremely Large Telescope's 39-meter mirror is so massive it must be built from 798 individual hexagonal glass segments.
How many individual hexagonal glass segments will make up the ELT's main mirror?