Science and Exploration

ESA Euronews: European Extremely Large Telescope

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
July 18, 2014
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ESA Euronews: European Extremely Large Telescope
European Extremely Large Telescope
ESA/Euronews

Work is underway to build the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), a telescope that could one day find signs of life on distant planets. With a 39-metre mirror, it will be the world’s biggest optical and infrared telescope.

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