This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

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

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

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The VLT is a powerful astronomical observatory that captures high-resolution images and spectra of celestial objects, ...

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory, currently being built at Paranal ... that wind turbines at INNA will stir the thin ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever observed, JADES-GS-z14-0, shaking up our understanding of ...

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

The Atacama’s dark skies and other qualities ... The project’s main unit would be located 11 kilometres from Paranal Observatory, 5 km from the CTAO and 20 km from the ELT.

The four beams of the European Southern Observatory's (ESO ... The VLT, located in Chile’s Atacama Desert, uses the light emitted by the excited atoms to correct for the effect that our ...

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