The figure is down to almost zero for the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, or the VLT, located at an altitude of 2,600 meters on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert.

Isn’t that stressful?” asked one person. General view last month of the platform of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory, on Paranal Hill in Chile ...

Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

NEW ORLEANS — Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality. The ...

Lobster-eye satellite Einstein Probe captured the X-ray flash from a very elusive celestial pair. The discovery opens a new way to explore how massive stars interact and evolve, confirming the unique ...

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

They say opposites attract, and NASA thinks so too. NASA's Earth Observatory website posted this lovely pair today, for Valentines Day. Pictured on the left, frozen Lake Saint Clair in the North ...

That is where the VISTA telescope, at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, comes in. Its camera captures infrared light, which, unlike visible light, can pass through dust with minimal obstruction. Infrared ...

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