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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Chile's pristine desert skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban and industrial development. Astronomers, like Angel Otarola of SOCHIAS, express concerns over increasing light pollution ...

the European Southern Observatory's representative in Chile. "We're going to see with a lot of detail, and characterize stars that are in other galaxies - and, above all, really advance in our ...

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 ...