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ESO's Telescopes Revamped for Exoplanet Discoveries
6/18/2025
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- The European Southern Observatory (ESO), founded in 1962 and located in Garching, Germany, harnesses cutting-edge telescopes in Chile's Atacama Desert to explore exoplanets. At La Silla Observatory, meticulous care is taken to clean telescopes by carefully removing old coatings and applying a fresh aluminum layer, ensuring the precision needed for groundbreaking astronomical discoveries.
