The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...

A proposed massive hydrogen-fuel production project in Chile has astronomers galvanized in concern and opposition. One ...

ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will be loaded onto a transatlantic shipping vessel in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of January for a month-long voyage by sea to its home: Chile, just ...

In recent developments, astronomers have raised concerns regarding a renewable energy project in Chile that threatens the ...

European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten ...

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Light pollution from a planned renewable energy project in Chile could significantly impact the European Southern Observatory ...

Here on Earth, the fastest puff of wind on record was a blustery 407 kilometers (253 miles) per hour, measured on Australia's ...

Astrophysicists led by a team from Trinity College Dublin have—for the first time—imaged a large number of exocomet belts ...

Plates of aluminum will be added to the exterior of the frame to protect the telescope from the extreme environment of the Atacama desert, including variable temperatures, according to a statement ...