An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on the facilities at the Paranal Observatory, Chile — and the results are ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Using the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), an international team of astronomers has observed a young Herbig ...

With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?

A detailed analysis confirms the dramatic warnings about the consequences of an industrial megaproject for Europe's astronomy lighthouse.

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth, where "the sky shines when the sun sets", said The Guardian.

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in ...

JOHN BARTLETT, BYLINE: When night falls over the Paranal Observatory, which operates one of the world's most powerful telescopes, the skies above are dusted with brilliant constellations and nebulae.