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

While astronomers often set their sights on the stars, the landscapes surrounding their observatories can be just as ...

In January 2025, the city added another feather to its cap when it launched a new Astro Trail, a curated collection of ...

Another special element of desert weddings in Chile is the incorporation of indigenous rituals into the ceremony. Couples can ...

A narrow canyon leading to the volcano Licancabur in the Atacama Desert. At night, the singular views continue: located miles above sea level with no major cities to bring in obstructing light ...

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

The clarity of Chilean skies in the Atacama Desert may be in jeopardy given a ... represents a critical risk to the most pristine night skies on the planet,” said ESO Director General Xavier ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), ...

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope — is currently under development on the Cerro Armazones mountain ...

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

ESO, in the meantime is calling for stricter legal protections of the Chilean night sky, especially in the vicinity of the precious observatories in the Atacama Desert. The Chilean government ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope under construction in the Atacama desert in January 2025 ... which will remain closed during the day and open at night, allowing the telescope to survey the ...