The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in breathtaking new photos from the European Southern Observatory.

An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on ...

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most ...

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

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

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

This eye-catching Picture of the Week was captured from ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the observatory sits proudly atop the 2635-metre-high Cerro Paranal in ...

BARTLETT: The Very Large Telescope, or VLT, at Paranal began operations in 1998 and has taken readings which have won three Nobel prizes. It is operated by the European Southern Observatory ...

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

Europe's ESO astrophysics agency said Monday that a giant green energy project billed for Chile's Atacama desert—home to the ...

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