The darkest and most pristine skies in the world, under which the Paranal Observatory chose to establish itself in 1999, are ...

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

The scientific community is warning about a 3,000-hectare power plant that is jeopardizing the darkness of the skies over the ...

From the radio telescope array charting complex chemistry in Titan’s atmosphere to the telescopes that pinpointed the neutron star merger last year, Chilean observatories play a starring role in ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

Chilean national award winners have raised concerns about the impact of the INNA energy megaproject by AES Andes, currently undergoing environmental processing, on the pristine skies of the Atacama ...

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

STORY: Among the remote desert hills of northern Chile lies the aptly named “Extremely Large Telescope.”:: Cerro Armazones, ...

Learn about the conflict between renewable energy projects and astronomical research in Chile, highlighting the threat of ...

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

The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory will create an opportunity for precision in space exploration that has never been ...