This Picture of the Week from the European Southern Observatory shows the Sun and Moon rising directly behind the dome of the Extremely Large Telescope, under construction on Cerro Armazones in Chile. ESO astronomer Boris Häußler took the photograph from Cerro Paranal, about 20 km away, where the Very Large Telescope sits. Because the point on the horizon where the Sun and Moon rise shifts every day, such alignments happen only a few days each year, and the window lasts just seconds. Häußler spent four years timing his shots to document the dome's growth, from its skeletal frame and protective cladding to the installation of its doors in August 2025. The series is a visual record of one of the largest ground-based telescope projects ever attempted.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.