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This photo shows an aerial view of the observing platform on the top of Paranal mountain (from late 1999), with the four enclosures for the 8.2-m Unit Telescopes (UTs) and various installations for ...

The search for extraterrestrial life and exploration of “another Earth” is an eternal theme for humans and inspires generations of planetary scientists. It not only improves our understanding of the ...

Hypertelescope capable of direct high-resolution imaging with a high limiting magnitude have been built and tested on Earth. The Hypertelescope group have proposed giant telescopes 10-25 kilometers ...