Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Chile's dark, starry skies, crucial for astronomy, face threats from urban expansion. Astronomers, including Angel Otarola, ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The telescope is a project of the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental research organisation and is under ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...