Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution and other unwanted side effects from the proposed construction of a renewa ...
Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...
The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...
Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.
Recent science updates include Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaking the sound barrier, progress on the Extremely Large Telescope ...
An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to ...
Light pollution from a planned renewable energy project in Chile could significantly impact the European Southern Observatory ...
Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...