ESO Astronomy - The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), our new flagship telescope being built to answer the biggest questions about our Universe, has received a 10% increase to its budget. The funding
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English: Aerial view of the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), atop Cerro Paranal, in the Chilean Atacama Desert. On the low-left side of the platform, the buildings of the four giant 8.2-metre
![The Very Large Telescope Interferometer of ESO in Chile (courtesy of ESO) | Download Scientific Diagram The Very Large Telescope Interferometer of ESO in Chile (courtesy of ESO) | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Van-Susante/publication/237385199/figure/fig1/AS:409468627111937@1474636336456/The-Very-Large-Telescope-Interferometer-of-ESO-in-Chile-courtesy-of-ESO.png)