Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

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

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

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

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

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

Chile's dark, starry skies, crucial for astronomy, face threats from urban expansion. Astronomers, including Angel Otarola, ...

This map shows the locations of the observatories on our packed itinerary. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Our nine-day program officially began June 18, 2017, in Chile’s capital, Santiago.

NASA and other world-leading space agencies are putting the most powerful eyes in the night sky on asteroid 2024 YR4, a newly ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile - Dozens of boxes holding ... planned as one of the most capable astronomical observatories ever assembled. The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to ...