In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 seen above the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. . | Credit ...

With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?

With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development ...

The Paranal Observatory is a world-leading location for cutting-edge astronomical research - but its future is under acute threat. Just a few kilometers from the ELT and VLT, the US energy supplier ...

More than 1,300 people in Syria have been killed — many believed to be civilians — in the span of three days amid intense fighting between forces associated with Syria's new government and ...

Mark Carney, the former central banker-turned-centrist politician, triumphed over Chrystia Freeland in Sunday's Liberal Party leadership race, paving the way for him to succeed Justin Trudeau as ...