Over the past few years or so the most talked about kind of telescope was the one that is meant to operate in space. An ...

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

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

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

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

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

The figure is down to almost zero for the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, or the VLT, located at an altitude of 2,600 meters on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert.

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

This means observers see it as it was when the Universe was less than 300 million years old, about 2% of its present age, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) said. Researchers previously ...

This image shows comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) from the European Southern Observatory near its Very Large Telescope (which is visible on the mountaintop of Cerro Paranal at left) as seen by ESO ...