A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...

Later this year, astronomers will start filming an unprecedented 10-year movie of the southern sky, using a brand-new and super-powerful telescope facility in Chile.

A hypothetical office overlooking the Paranal Observatory in Chile, with the European Southern Observatory’s VLT visible with its laser on the hill, and the four small SPECULOOS telescopes nearer the ...

Research using detailed simulations based on public plans for the green energy plant shows serious harm to southern ...

The Chinese Embassy in Chile on Thursday firmly opposed the recent actions and statements by the US over a China-Chile ...

High up on the top of Cerro Pachón in northern Chile, NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is nearing completion. At the heart ...

Astronomers are about to use a powerful new telescope to scan ... her work on dark matter. This observatory has been under construction on a mountaintop in Chile for years, and it's almost ready ...