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

Europe's ESO astrophysics agency said Monday that a giant green energy project billed for Chile's Atacama desert—home to the ...

An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on ...

A brilliant comet lights up the night sky over Chile's Atacama Desert in this stunning image captured by a photographer with the European Southern Observatory in January 2025. For several days in ...

In this undated file photo, Paranal Observatory is an astronomical observatory operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is shown. It is located in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile ...

They detected traces of oxygen, according to the European Southern Observatory, confirming hints previously spotted by the Webb telescope. During this period known as the cosmic dawn, newly born ...

New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) and facilities around the world have all but ruled out an impact of the asteroid ...

This eye-catching Picture of the Week was captured from ESO’s Paranal Observatory. Home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the observatory sits proudly atop the 2635-metre-high Cerro Paranal in ...

With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?

It is operated by the European Southern Observatory, led by Spanish astronomer Itziar de Gregorio (ph). DE GREGORIO-MONSALVO: (Speaking Spanish). BARTLETT: De Gregorio explains that the unique ...