JOURNEY TO THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE ELT, THE LARGEST OPTICAL TELESCOPE IN THE WORLD: ‘IT WILL BE A REVOLUTION’

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The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will be the largest telescope on the planet that is able to detect visible and infrared light. It is the flagship project of the European Southern Observatory, an organization that comprises 16 countries. The telescope will allow scientists to see even the first galaxies from the dawn of the universe in greater detail. It will allow scientists to map the orbits of faraway stars in three dimensions and allow them to start developing theories based on three-dimensional models.