The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on ...

Europe's ESO astrophysics agency said Monday that a giant green energy project billed for Chile's Atacama desert—home to the ...

The car-sized Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Camera that was recently installed on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ...

Washington’s unease over ‘low-orbit satellites’ deployment could scuttle US$80 million project for Beijing’s astronomical ...

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth, where "the sky shines when the sun sets", said The Guardian.

The Simons Observatory (SO) has completed the installation of its Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) near the summit of Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert ...

SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.

A brilliant comet lights up the night sky over Chile's Atacama Desert in ... from the European Southern Observatory near its Very Large Telescope (which is visible on the mountaintop of Cerro ...

Cosmic microwave background data support cosmology’s standard model but retain a mystery about the universe’s expansion rate.

A planned Chinese observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert is facing ... The plan was for the facility to host some 100 telescopes, focusing on tracking deep-space astronomical events and near ...