As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Chile's dark, starry skies, crucial for astronomy, face threats from urban expansion. Astronomers, including Angel Otarola, ...

Chile's pristine desert skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban and industrial development. Astronomers, like Angel Otarola of SOCHIAS, express concerns over increasing light pollution ...

Photographers have been sharing their photographs of Comet G3 (ATLAS), which burned bright during January in the southern hemisphere ...

Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...

Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

Comets are unpredictable, fleeting visitors in our sky, and C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was no exception. This January, it graced the ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...