The Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert could detect signs of alien life on other planets ...

The Canadian miner’s reinvention as a critical-metals player—via its massive copper mine in Chile’s Andean foothills— could ...

Clothing from Chile's Atacama Desert waste mountain is being 'sold' online to reduce textile waste. Items are free, only ...

The primary mirror array will be 128 feet (39 meters) across, allowing it to gather more light and greater detail than any ...

Damages of €20,000 were paid to ABC for its legal costs and to further its conservation work in very desert the plants came ...

Newsweek previously reported China's involvement in an observatory in South America that researchers said could be used to ...

In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

Astronomers have revealed that "space tornadoes" are swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.