"And that is enough to make a difference between the best observatory in the world and an average observing place." Mount Paranal, an 8,740-foot-high (2,664 m) peak in the Atacama Desert of ...

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

taken by Yuri Beletsky on 19 January from ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. The comet poses next to one of the Auxiliary Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. Links ...

This complex threatens the pristine skies above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of any astronomical observatory in the world. The industrial ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) soared through the starry skies above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile, home to the Very Large Telescope and future site of the ...

Under threat: the European Southern Observatory’s flagship Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert is home to the Very Large Telescope (courtesy: G.Hüdepohl/ESO) The darkest, clearest skies ...

Laser beams leave the dome of a Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory in Atacama desert, Chile, January 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters CERRO ...

The area is home to the Paranal Observatory, which houses the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, used by astronomers to search the Milky Way with "unparalleled clarity ...

The Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama desert is home to the world's most powerful telescope - Copyright AFP RODRIGO ARANGUA The Paranal Observatory in Chile's ...