Showing posts with label Extremely Large Telescope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Extremely Large Telescope. Show all posts

Friday, August 9, 2024

Habitability of exoplanets studied by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton - YouTube - Space.com

The NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA Multilayer Mirror-Newton X-ray Observatory are screening exoplanets for those exposed to harsh radiation that renders them uninhabitale for organisms.ESO's Extremely Large Telescope is under construction.The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a concept NASA is studying for a large space-based ultraviolet/optical/infrared telescope slated for launch in the 2040s on a large launch vehicle such as the SLS or SpaceX Starship.*Credit:NASA/CXC/A.Hobart

Thursday, August 8, 2024

Shielding the Extremely Large Telescope from the Atacama Desert | ELT Updates - YouTube - astrophysics

The Extremely Large Telescope will be located in Amazones,Chile in the Atacama Desert,requiring a lot of shielding from the harsh environmental conditions.It's a major engineering project to construct the dome and shielding.