China has struck a defiant stance in response to American concerns about Beijing’s efforts to expand its influence in the resource-rich South American nation of Chile.

On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera ...

Chile has put a planned Chinese astronomical observatory project under review, potentially dealing a blow to Beijing's scientific ambitions in Latin America. The Chilean foreign ministry on March ...

Newsweek reported in December that the observatory at Cerro Ventarrones in Chile's Atacama Desert—a joint project of the Universidad Católica del Norte and China's National Astronomical ...

A brilliant comet lights up the night sky over Chile's Atacama Desert in this stunning image captured by a photographer with the European Southern Observatory in January 2025. What you're seeing ...

The astronomy project stems from a 2023 agreement between China's state-run National Astronomical Observatory and Chile's Catholic University of the North to work on a powerful space observatory ...

China Lashes Out at US as Tensions Escalate Over a Space Observatory in Chile SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — China struck a defiant stance on Tuesday in response to American concerns about Beijing's ...