The European Extremely Large Telescope will observe the universe in unprecedented detail on top of a mountain in northern Chile
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Space Exploration
Astronomy
VIDEO: Watch a mountaintop get blown off for the world’s largest telescope
As part of our 50th issue, we promised to reveal the moment a mountain got blown up in the name of astrophysics
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FREE PREVIEW: All About Space issue 50
We reveal the nation’s favourite space discoveries of all time in our 50th issue
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A billion-dollar telescope in Lego
Fancy building your own Lego super-telescope?
Astronomy
What’s the largest optical telescope in the world?
We take a look at the biggest optical telescope of them all