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

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 ...

Stunning photos show bright comet lighting up the dark skies above ESO'sParanal Observatory, future home of the world's ...

In the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, an immense silver dome is being prepared to house the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2028. This will be the world's ...

It's a precursor to the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), which will be the world's largest telescope when it commences science operations around 2028. SKA is a network of thousands of radio antennas ...

In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive ...

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...

The driest place on Earth is the best place to observe the universe, with darkness offering dazzling spectacles of cosmic ...