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?

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

A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...

The potential risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 dropped to nearly zero following new observations that helped better predict the asteroid's trajectory.

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

New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) and facilities around the world have all but ruled out an impact of the asteroid with ...

At Cerro Armazones, near Paranal, we are building “the world’s biggest eye on the sky” — ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope. From our offices in Santiago, Chile we support our operations in ...

Isn’t that stressful?” asked one person. General view last month of the platform of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory, on Paranal Hill in Chile ...

CHILE, Feb 12 — As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens. The driest place on Earth is the best place to observe the ...

Republicans on an Iowa House panel advanced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit chemical emissions for the purpose of changing the weather. The subcommittee hearing was packed with supporters who ...