As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

In recent developments, astronomers have raised concerns regarding a renewable energy project in Chile that threatens the world's most renowned astronomical observatories. The location is in Mount ...

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

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

ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

The ELT, under construction near Mount Armazones, is set to be the world’s largest visible-light telescope ... undermine its research capabilities. Chile's Role in Astronomy: Chile is home ...

Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

Video Astronomers reckon a 220-million-kilogram asteroid is going to swing by Earth in 2032 with a 1-in-100 chance of hitting ...

The discovery was made possible using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, operated by the European Southern Observatory ...

ESO’s HAWK-I infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has captured a deeper view of the Orion Nebula’s core. Looking like an interstellar Frisbee, the dark feature in these two ...