The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, ...

After a six-week ocean voyage, a week spent waiting to offload, and another week trekking through the mountains, the first major component of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has arrived ...

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

The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in northern Chile, will give us a better view of the Milky ...

"Light pollution from projects like INNA doesn't just hinder research, it steals our shared view of the universe." ...

Before it shut down, a telescope in Chile captured the universe's baby photos, just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. These ...

The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a ...

In life exploration to find out whether there is life on a distant planet, whether the planet has an atmosphere and its atmospheric composition are important clues, but it is very difficult to ...

"Our data indicates that the Universe will expand forever, and at an accelerating rate," said Sehgal, who analyzed data ...

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