Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

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

Stunning photos show bright comet lighting up the dark skies above ESO'sParanal Observatory, future home of the world's ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Chile's renowned dark skies face threats from industrial development. Astronomer Angel Otarola highlights concerns about ...

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

This map shows the locations of the observatories on our packed itinerary. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Our nine-day program officially began June 18, 2017, in Chile’s capital, Santiago.

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Matter in intergalactic space is distributed in a vast network of interconnected filamentary structures, collectively ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama ... the European Southern Observatory's representative in Chile. "We're going to see with a lot of detail, and characterize stars that are ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile - Dozens of boxes holding ... planned as one of the most capable astronomical observatories ever assembled. The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to ...