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

CERRO PARANAL, Chile (Reuters ... of the Chilean Astronomical Society (SOCHIAS), says light pollution around the state-of-the ...

Sitting 2635 m above sea level, on Cerro Paranal, the Paranal Observatory is home to key astronomical instruments including the Very Large Telescope. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) – the largest ...

This map shows the location of the Paranal Observatory and the ELT construction site at Cerro Armazones, as well as the proposed location of the INNA facility and port. Credit: Courtesy of ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

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

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

at Paranal Observatory in Atacama desert, Chile, January 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters CERRO PARANAL, Chile -- Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO ... Reporting by Rodrigo Gutierrez in Cerro Paranal; Additional reporting by Fabián Cambero in Santiago; Editing by Alexander Villegas and Sandra Maler ...