Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

An artist's illustration of the completed Giant Magellan Telescope atop Las Campanas Peak in Chile's Atacama Desert. It will be one of the largest on Earth when it is completed in 2018.

The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a detailed image of a cluster of sunspots with the telescope’s new ...

Las Campanas. Weather—chilly and blustery, but spectacularly clear Our last official duty at Las Campanas before we depart is to visit the proposed site for the Giant Magellan Telescope.

The telescope is being built 8,500 feet (2,550 meters) above sea level atop Las Campanas Peak in Chile's Atacama Desert, a region known for its dependably clear and dark night sky.

LAS CAMPANAS OBSERVATORY, Chile — Construction of the world's biggest telescope is now underway. A star-studded groundbreaking ceremony here in the Chilean Andes Wednesday evening (Nov. 11 ...

This is an image of the Sun, recently captured using the Visible Tunable Filter or VTF on the Inouye Solar Telescope. Each pixel in this vibrant photo represents 6.2 miles, revealing our Solar ...

On Friday, March 23, the first blast (Big Bang Event) occurred at Las Campanas Peak in Chile, at high noon US Eastern Daylight Time. It marked the beginning of mountain leveling and site preparation ...

The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a detailed image of a cluster of sunspots with the telescope's new Visible ...

The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in Hawaii, capturing a detailed image of a cluster of sunspots with the telescope's new Visible ...