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

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

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

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

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With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?

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 ...

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path in Socaire, a hilltop village deep in Chile's Atacama Desert, a black flag whips in the wind above Jeanette Cruz's house. The desert sun has ...