Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Among the astronomical sites, Cerro Paranal has the darkest and clearest skies – it is no accident that some of the most advanced observatories are located there. Now, all of them are being ...

A massive chemical plant is causing a "celestial crisis" in Chile's stargazing stronghold, said Reuters.Experts are warning ...

Located atop Cerro Paranal, an 8,645-foot-high (2,635 m) mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert, the VLT is also subject to clear, dark skies, enhancing its ability to track faint objects like 2024 ...

An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on the facilities at the Paranal Observatory, Chile — and the results are ...

The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

Towering over the Atacama Desert on Cerro Armazones, 3,000 meters above sea level ... (SOUNDBITE OF TOOLS BANGING) BARTLETT: The ELT will be 20 times more powerful than the VLT at Paranal. The ...

This eye-catching Picture of the Week was captured from ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the observatory sits proudly atop the 2635-metre-high Cerro Paranal in ...

This image shows comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) from the European Southern Observatory near its Very Large Telescope (which is visible on the mountaintop of Cerro Paranal at left) as seen by ESO ...

Towering over the Atacama Desert on Cerro Armazones ... The ELT will be 20 times more powerful than the VLT at Paranal. The telescope's main mirror will be made up of 798 individual hexagonal ...