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

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 a brief moment at the end of February, every planet will appear in the night sky simultaneously in a rare celestial ...

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

ESOChile's pristine, dark desert skies are world-renowned for astronomy.But now the community says they are at risk of being ...

Chile's renowned dark skies face threats from industrial development. Astronomer Angel Otarola highlights concerns about ...

Gum 41, a radiant nebula in the southern sky, glows due to powerful radiation from a pair of massive stars at its core. This ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

A vast cosmic explosion left behind an intricate masterpiece in the sky — delicate pink and orange filaments dancing in the ...

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