Could a climate megaproject cloud Chile's unparalleled views of universe? But a huge green energy project, part of Chile's plans to become carbon neutral, risks clouding the view, scientists say.

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 ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

cosmologists are readying themselves at the observatory placed at an altitude of 5,300 meters on Cerro Toco, in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert. “It will be the best view of the CMB that we ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Chile's dark, starry skies, crucial for astronomy, face threats from urban expansion. Astronomers, including Angel Otarola, ...

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.

Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...

The area is home to the Paranal Observatory ... But a huge green energy project, part of Chile's plans to become carbon neutral, risks clouding the view, scientists say. Latin America's fifth ...

CERRO PARANAL, Chile - Chile's pristine ... (SOCHIAS), says light pollution around the state-of-the-art Paranal Observatory is currently about 1% and worries about losing the darkness vital ...