Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

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, ...

A project expected to bring major changes to humanity's understanding of the universe, the Extremely Large Telescope with a main mirror nearly 40 meters across, is being assembled in Chile's Atacama ...

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

The world’s largest battery energy storage system, located in Chile’s Atacama Desert, has received a huge cash boost. DNV has ...

The scientific community is warning about a 3,000-hectare power plant that is jeopardizing the darkness of the skies over the ...

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 ...

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

Penzias and Wilson discover Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, supporting the Big Bang theory. Fr. Hincks now uses ACT ...