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

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

Chile's renowned dark skies face threats from industrial development. Astronomer Angel Otarola highlights concerns about ...

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

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

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

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 ...

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

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) soared through the starry skies above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile, home to the Very Large Telescope and future site of the ...

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 ...