A camera captured what appears to be a meteor crossing the night sky over Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, in the early hours of ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

A camera captured what appeared to be a meteor streaking across the night sky over Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, early on Monday, ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...

While astronomers often set their sights on the stars, the landscapes surrounding their observatories can be just as ...

ESO, in the meantime is calling for stricter legal protections of the Chilean night sky, especially in the vicinity of the precious observatories in the Atacama Desert. The Chilean government ...

Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

The ESO is also calling for stricter legal protections of the Chilean night sky, especially around the observatories in the Atacama Desert.

Chile's pristine desert skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban and industrial development. Astronomers, like Angel Otarola of SOCHIAS, express concerns over increasing light pollution ...

Thanks to the unique geography of the Andes mountain range, the star-studded night sky above the summit is ... having opened its first observatory in Chile on the La Silla mountain, to the south ...