A groundbreaking telescope might soon detect signs of extraterrestrial life. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in Chile, promises major advances in astronomy. With a ...

A commemorative time capsule was buried at the construction site of what will soon be the world's largest visible and infrared light telescope. On Oct. 13, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) ...

If life exists on planets beyond our solar system, its presence could be obscured by the haze and clouds in the planet's atmosphere. Even next generation telescopes — such as the James Webb Space ...