Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution and other unwanted side effects from the proposed construction of a renewa ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by ...

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

European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten ...

Light pollution from a planned renewable energy project in Chile could significantly impact the European Southern Observatory ...

AN ALIEN planet with traces of water and “complex weather patterns like Earth” might be seen like a good contender for a ...

By the 1990s, Paranal became the focal point of European astronomy with the creation of the Very Large Telescope. Mount Paranal’s dark skies make it the ideal home for VLT The VLT owes much of ...

Astronomers sound the alarm as a proposed renewable hydrogen project in Chile threatens to disrupt the pristine night skies ...

The European Southern Observatory is at serious ... Paranal Observatory is home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which comprises four telescopes each with a 27-foot (8.2-meter) mirror ...