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

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 ...

A project expected to bring major changes to humanity's understanding of the universe, the Extremely Large Telescope with a ...

AN ALIEN planet with traces of water and “complex weather patterns like Earth” might be seen like a good contender for a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. On April 26, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope achieved “first light” on its new optics system, shooting four lasers into the sky for ...

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

The location is in Mount Paranal, home to the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), one of the ...

Astronomers discover evidence of massive black holes feeding themselves, revealing a complex cosmic cycle of gas cooling and ...

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

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 ...