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 ...

A giant new telescope in Chile has opened its eyes for the first time — and while the view may not be impressive to some, its scientist parents are thrilled. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

The University of Tokyo selected Chile, a nation in the Southern ... infrared with high sensitivity and a larger field of view. The observatory operated by the University of Tokyo offers ...

But the quest for a clearer view of the cosmos continues. Enter the University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), a groundbreaking facility that opened on April 30, 2024. At a staggering 5,640 ...

Rubin Observatory. It's named after a scientist famous for her work on dark matter. This observatory has been under construction on a mountaintop in Chile for years, and it's almost ready to start ...

Europe's ESO astrophysics agency said Monday that a giant green energy project billed for Chile's Atacama desert -- home to the world's darkest skies -- will spoil its view of the stars and ...

Built in 1969 by the ESO, the La Silla observatory is located in the southern Atacama Desert, roughly 600 kilometres north of Santiago, at an altitude of 2,400 meters.

Chile said on Wednesday it was reviewing an agreement for the construction of a Chinese astronomical observatory on its soil, a project that has drawn criticism from Washington as it jostles with ...