Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

Light pollution from a planned renewable energy project in Chile could significantly impact the European Southern Observatory ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by ...

Chilean astronomers have observed a cataclysmic variable known as V1425 Aql. As a result, they have found that this system ...

Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...

Astronomers sound the alarm as a proposed renewable hydrogen project in Chile threatens to disrupt the pristine night skies ...

Four bright lasers, the most powerful ever put on a telescope, fire into the night sky to create an artificial guide star for the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope at the ...

Very Large Telescope (VLT). VLT, which cost some $350 million to build in the 1990s ($840 million in today's dollars), is one of the world's most sensitive sky-watching instruments, capable of ...

The ELT, under construction near Mount Armazones, is set to be the world’s largest visible-light telescope. It will feature a 39.3-meter-wide mirror and is expected to expand our understanding ...

A team of astronomers has revealed how black holes feed. The study, led by Valeria Olivares from University of Santiago de ...