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

Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...

The dark skies of Chile, crucial for astronomical research, are under threat from urban development. Meanwhile, a small ...

ESOChile's pristine, dark desert skies are world-renowned for astronomy.But now the community says they are at risk of being ...

A proposed massive hydrogen-fuel production project in Chile has astronomers galvanized in concern and opposition. One ...

ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

A canal in a suburb of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires turned bright red this week. Local media reports suggest the colour ...

The Atacama is famed for its pitch-black skies and lack of light pollution, and it's home to the ESO's Paranal Observatory, which was involved in taking the very first picture of an exoplanet.

The facilities operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are located in the Chilean commune of Taltal, in the Antofagasta Region, on the Paranal Hill in the Atacama Desert, 130 ...

In these gorgeous photos from the Paranal Observatory, it's not hard to see why. Photographer Yuri Beletsky caught comet G3 (ATLAS) looking " almost like a watercolor painting," ESO wrote in a ...

Angel Otarola, an astronomer and member of the light pollution committee of the Chilean Astronomical Society (SOCHIAS), says light pollution around the state-of-the-art Paranal Observatory is ...