Using the Magellan Telescopes at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, astronomers have performed a chemical study of a globular ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope team explains how the observatory will help solve the mysteries of the cosmos including the search for life.

The first batch of test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is scheduled to be released Monday at 11:30 a.m., followed ...

During spring break of 2024, Babnigg was among a small group of undergraduates invited by his mentor, UChicago astronomy and astrophysics Prof. Mike Gladders, to travel to the Las Campanas Observatory ...

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.

Guillermo Blanc, an astronomer and researcher at Carnegie Institution for Science based at the Las Campanas Observatory and president of the Skies of Chile Foundation, likens the effect to hearing ...

But this past spring break, seven students were able to travel to the Magellan telescopes at Carnegie Science's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile to use the telescopes for research. “It was amazing, I ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory aims to conduct a 10-year survey of the Southern Hemisphere sky to understand dark matter and energy, take an inventory of the solar system, and map the Milky Way.

In 1969, Carnegie opened Las Campanas Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, replete with a 100-inch reflecting telescope of its own. Despite its august place in scientific history, ...

In 1969, Carnegie opened Las Campanas Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, replete with a 100-inch reflecting telescope of its own. Aggressive and impactful reporting on climate change, the ...

Work on the GMT’s foundation is underway on a steep ridge at an altitude of 8,500 feet on Cerro Las Campanas, where the GMT will join the twin, 6.5-meter Magellan Telescopes operated since 2002 ...