A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most ...

In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

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

Two different teams of astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. The discovery, ...

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on ... Comets "burn brightly" and "flawless trails of stars" and nebulae "streak the night sky". From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...

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

AS night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile ... billed as the world’s “biggest eye on the sky”, currently under cons­truction near the Paranal Observatory.

They had already spent a week and a half scouting other locations in the Atacama ... The desert’s remoteness and inhospitably thin, dry air—ideal for observing the night sky—had already ...

From camel trekking and sandboarding to geodesic domes and yoga retreats, these striking desert destinations offer something ...

B.Haeussler/ESO The dark skies of Chile's Atacama Desert are perfect for skywatching, especially when a parade of six planets and a comet grace the night sky all at once. A bright moon lights up ...