While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Astronomers and scientists are warning that light pollution from a planned renewable energy project could threaten the functioning of European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in ...

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

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 ...

A stronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the ...

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 ...

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