The dark skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory, home to the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). A nearby megaproject may introduce light pollution to the region and limit the power of the ...

In January, ESO publicly raised the alarm about the threat posed to the world's darkest and clearest skies, those of ESO's Paranal Observatory, from the industrial megaproject INNA.The project ...

An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on the facilities at the Paranal Observatory, Chile — and the results ...

Paranal Observatory is home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which comprises four telescopes each with a 27-foot (8.2-meter) mirror and four auxiliary telescopes with 6-foot (1.8-meter) mirrors.

For Halloween, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) reveals a spooktacular image of a dark nebula that creates the illusion of a wolf-like silhouette against a colourful cosmic backdrop.

Meanwhile, ESO's Paranal Observatory is being prepared for the future: VISTA will be updated with its new instrument 4MOST and ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) will receive its MOONS instrument.

ESO Press Photo 36/00 URL: Caption: Three different views of the Paranal site: in 1991, still as a remote mountain peak in the Atacama desert, with a few ESO containers in place… ...

In this undated file photo, Paranal Observatory is an astronomical observatory operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is shown. It is located in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile ...

The project would specifically affect the Paranal Observatory, which hosts ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO-South).

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, led ...

European Southern Observatory Paranal. A poetic look at Chile’s Paranal Observatory by photographer Benedict Redgrove, selected for The Photography Annual 2018, an annual award scheme from CR ...