The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) celebrates 20 years of observing the sky. SALT is the largest optical telescope ...

The Southern African Large Telescope, Africa’s largest optical telescope, has celebrated its 20th anniversary of astronomical ...

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), located at the South African Optical Observatory (SAAO) complex at Sutherland, ...

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), which is Africa's largest optical telescope and one of the most powerful in the world, celebrated its 20th anniversary of astronomical achievements and ...

The Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Nomalungelo Gina, will deliver the keynote address at the 20th ...

Africa’s largest optical telescope and one of the most powerful in the world, celebrated its 20th anniversary of astronomical excellence and breakthroughs. This flagship facility for South African and ...

The 20th anniversary celebration will not only highlight SALT’s scientific achievements but also its impact on human capital ...

The Franklin Institute announced Nov. 11 that it is awarding the 2026 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, one of the nation’s ...

Newly released stunning images show that the Extremely Large Telescope is now halfway complete. The images taken in June show the structure of the revolutionary ground-based Extremely Large Telescope ...

It is the colours of a sunset that inspire Joseph Anderson, an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in the high Atacama desert, in northern Chile. “They start off very blue and ...

The first 18 pieces for one of the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) mirrors have started their 10,000 kilometer journey from France to Chile. It’s a key step on the way ...

For better images, the European Southern Observatory can combine four optical telescopes. Now, thanks to laser technology, a ...