Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Workers in Chile are making progress on the Extremely Large Telescope, planned as one of the most capable astronomical ...

Stunning photos show bright comet lighting up the dark skies above ESO'sParanal Observatory, future home of the world's ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

A stronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the ...

A: The Extremely Large Telescope is planned to be one ... about 3 km above sea level and about 1,000 km north of Chile’s capital. The telescope is expected to be the largest optical-infrared ...

Recent science updates include Boom Supersonic's XB-1 breaking the sound barrier, progress on the Extremely Large Telescope ...

STORY: Among the remote desert hills of northern Chile lies the aptly named “Extremely Large Telescope.” :: Cerro Armazones, Chile The project, about 60% complete, is planned as one of the most ...