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

YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December 22, 2032, according to the European Space Agency.

What if you could find binoculars big enough to qualify as small telescopes? Get ready for the BT–127XL–SD apochromatic ...

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

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

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

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

A project expected to bring major changes to humanity's understanding of the universe, the Extremely Large Telescope with a main mirror nearly 40 meters across, is being assembled in Chile's Atacama ...

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

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