A proposed green hydrogen production facility in Chile's Atacama Desert could significantly increase nighttime sky brightness ...

The construction of the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope is making significant strides in the remote ...

ESO/P. Horálek Much of the success of the observatory comes as a result of the clear, dark skies of the Atacama. The desert's arid climate and high altitude ensure clear skies for over 300 nights ...

Desert stargazing offers a chance to some of the clearest night skies on Earth. With little light pollution and vast expanses ...

Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at University of Warwick, was last seen a week ago near the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood ...

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Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense ...

This particular telescope is under construction in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, one of the darkest places on Earth ...

Rubin Observatory - which includes a ground-based telescope and the camera - traveled in several vehicles to the summit of Cerro Pachón in the Coquimbo region, on the edge of the Atacama desert ...

When Eduardo Unda-Sanzana arrived in Chile’s Atacama Desert to teach astronomy, the darkness was disorienting. The remote location of the small observatory at Catholic University of the North ...