By Mathew Cohen Chile has put a planned Chinese astronomical observatory project under review, potentially dealing a blow to ...

Newsweek previously reported China's involvement in an observatory in South America that researchers said could be used to "support military space operations" ...

The University of Tokyo selected Chile, a nation in the Southern Hemisphere, as the site of its outpost. Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory operates the Subaru 8.2-meter optical-infrared ...

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth, where "the sky shines when the sun sets", said The Guardian. Comets "burn brightly" and "flawless trails of stars" and nebulae "streak ...

Chile said on Wednesday it was reviewing an agreement for the construction of a Chinese astronomical observatory on its soil, a project that has ...

The facilities operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are located in the Chilean commune of Taltal, in the Antofagasta Region, on the Paranal Hill in the Atacama Desert, 130 ...

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 ...

Home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the observatory sits proudly atop the 2635-metre-high Cerro Paranal in Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert. The four Unit Telescopes of the VLT, seen just right ...