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.

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, ...

Image: Earth and Sky Pic: Francisco Negroni ... lava emitted from the Villarrica volcano, Chile." Other highly commended pictures included Edge of Night by Jess Findlay, from Canada.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

A giant new telescope in Chile has opened its eyes for the first ... Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction ...

From fiery festivals to nature's most dazzling "sky-dance", interest in the night skies is booming, with "noctourism" poised ...