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A Giant Eye on the Sky: The ELT Could Detect Life at Proxima Centauri Overnight

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The Extremely Large Telescope ( ELT ) is poised to do something no ground-based observatory has done before.

It will be able to detect potential signs of life on a planet orbiting the closest star to the Sun .

The ELT is scheduled to begin operations in 2028 and will be the largest optical/infrared telescope on Earth .