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

The European Southern Observatory (ESO), which operates Paranal's astronomical instruments, released news of the hydrogen-plant proposal recently. The project - spearheaded by AES Andes ...

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 ...

taken by Yuri Beletsky on 19 January from ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. The comet poses next to one of the Auxiliary Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. Links ...

The dark skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory, home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), yield breathtaking views so clear and so full of stars that you could almost touch them. Standing atop ...

A vast industrial plant threatens the European Southern Observatory's Paranal telescope planned only a few kilometers from the site. The ESO recently released a statement calling on the government ...

Laser beams leave the dome of a Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory in Atacama desert, Chile, January 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters CERRO ...

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 ...

Angel Otarola, an astronomer and member of the light pollution committee of the Chilean Astronomical Society (SOCHIAS), says light pollution around the state-of-the-art Paranal Observatory is ...