The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.

The ELT's primary mirror array will have an effective diameter of 39 meters. It will gather more light than previous telescopes by an order of magnitude, and it will give us images 16 times sharper ...

Astronomers expect its images to be 16 times sharper than those captured by the beloved Hubble Space Telescope. Alone, the ELT will help scientists untangle the universe's history by examining ...