Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...
Hidden in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the $1.5B Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) nears completion. With a massive 130-ft mirror, ...
The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...
Katherine Laliotis is a freelance science writer and Ph.D. candidate in astrophysics. She often covers stories at the intersection of science and society.
Mount Paranal, an 8,740-foot-high (2,664 m) peak in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, is one of the last spots on Earth ...
Penzias and Wilson discover Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, supporting the Big Bang theory. Fr. Hincks now uses ACT ...
European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten ...
The vast white sands of the Lencois Maranhenses desert meet with the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. This surreal landscape is ...
The scientific community is warning about a 3,000-hectare power plant that is jeopardizing the darkness of the skies over the ...