Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

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

A: The Extremely Large Telescope is planned to be one of the most capable astronomical observatories ever assembled. The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to search for evidence ...

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

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 ...

Making use of the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S.

CERRO PARANAL, Chile - Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as ...

From its perch in Chile’s Atacama, the Very Large Telescope has captured ancient and recent astronomical events alike, both in our galaxy and far beyond its reaches. In 2021, the telescope ...

The spectrograph team will launch a large-sky survey that will ... Gizmodo in five years’ time, when the telescope’s sky survey is complete. Astronomy Stellar astronomy Surveys Telescopes ...