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

The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...

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

Learn about the conflict between renewable energy projects and astronomical research in Chile, highlighting the threat of ...

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

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

European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten ...

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

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 ...

To put the wind speeds into perspective, the fastest winds ever observed in our solar system are on Neptune, at a speed of ...

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 ...