While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...
An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole ...
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...
Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...
Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...
Very Large Telescope observations of the galaxy revealed that there was likely a “sudden awakening of the massive black hole at its core,” according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Credit; ...
Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...