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

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

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

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

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

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

Chile is home to SOME of the world’s best skies — and some of the world’s most advanced instruments to observe them. From the radio telescope array charting complex chemistry in Titan’s ...

A mirror is seen at the site where European Southern Observatory (ESO) is constructing the world's largest optical telescope atop a mountain in Chile's arid Atacama desert, in Chile, January 26, 2025.

The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to search for evidence of potential life on planets beyond our solar system - called exoplanets - and peer back in time to look for the ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...

The establishment of industrial projects in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile would severely compromise the observational capacities of the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope ...