Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...
Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...
As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.
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 ...
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 ...
NASA and other world-leading space agencies are putting the most powerful eyes in the night sky on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly ...
The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine 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 ...