In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

Washington’s unease over ‘low-orbit satellites’ deployment could scuttle US$80 million project for Beijing’s astronomical ...

In the ALMAGAL project, an international research team will analyze observations of more than a thousand "star factories" to ...

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"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), operating in Chile's Atacama Desert. Meet the colorful extravaganza of the RCW 38 stellar nursery, located some ...

Federal President Steinmeier visits Chile's observatories threatened by industrial pollution, emphasizing the need for ...

The facilities operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are located in the Chilean commune of Taltal, in the Antofagasta Region, on the Paranal Hill in the Atacama Desert, 130 ...

A yearlong assessment of the potential volume of harvested fog water near a city in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert found that it’s possible to collect as much as 5 liters per square meter ...