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

Reach for the stars with our guide to the best dark-sky reserves on the planet, from the French Pyrenees to the Atacama ...

Under threat: the European Southern Observatory’s flagship Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert is home to the Very Large ... dark skies” and “safeguard the future” of astronomy. “The ...

In the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, an immense silver dome is being prepared to house the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2028. This will be the world's ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, planned as one of the most ...

ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

How do you dust a star for prints? Scientists have the answer to this strange question: by reconstructing the magnetic field ...

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

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert ... in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth for astronomy. The telescope is located ...

Mount Paranal, an 8,740-foot-high (2,664 m) peak in the Atacama Desert ... in Chile on the La Silla mountain, to the south of Paranal, in 1966. Paranal took over as the hub of European astronomy ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile - Dozens of boxes ... It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth for astronomy. The telescope is located on ...