The University of Tokyo selected Chile, a nation in the Southern Hemisphere, as the site of its outpost. Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory operates the Subaru 8.2-meter optical-infrared ...

Rubin Observatory. It's named after a scientist famous for her work on dark matter. This observatory has been under construction on a mountaintop in Chile for years, and it's almost ready to start ...

Chile hosts some of the world's most advanced observatories ... On your way, you will stop at Chacabuco, one of the most famous saltpetre towns of the Atacama desert. In the early part of the ...

Newsweek reported in December that the observatory at Cerro Ventarrones in Chile's Atacama Desert—a joint project of the Universidad Católica del Norte and China's National Astronomical ...

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 brilliant comet lights up the night sky over Chile's Atacama Desert in this stunning image captured by a photographer with the European Southern Observatory in January 2025. What you're seeing ...

Chile said on Wednesday it was reviewing an agreement for the construction of a Chinese astronomical observatory on its soil, a project that has drawn criticism from Washington as it jostles with ...

A planned Chinese observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert is facing possible cancellation after US officials in recent months have raised concerns about its potential military applications.

La Silla Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Chile with three telescopes built and operated by the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization made up of 16 ...