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

In the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, an immense silver dome is being prepared to house the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2028. This will be the world's ...

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

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

Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...

NASA and other world-leading space agencies are putting the most powerful eyes in the night sky on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly ...

CERRO PARANAL, Chile - Chile's pristine ... is currently building the €1.45 billion Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) at the nearby Cerro Armazones. The main project scientists have pointed ...

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are shifting, with the space rock now carrying a 1-in-48 chance of collision.

Chile's Celestial Crisis ... is currently building the €1.45 billion Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) at the nearby Cerro Armazones. The main project scientists have pointed out is the Inna ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) soared through the starry skies above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile, home to the Very Large Telescope and future site of the ...

The US National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the state of Bavaria will build a radio telescope on top of Germany’s highest mountain.

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...