The scientific community is warning about a 3,000-hectare power plant that is jeopardizing the darkness of the skies over the ...

One study has found that Paranal, located in Chile’s Atacama Desert, has the darkest skies ... governments of the ESO Member States.” This map shows the location of the Paranal Observatory ...

The project, which has already got underway, has the potential to open up Chile and turn it into a leader of the region.

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an array of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, while the Submillimeter Array (SMA) is a similar eight-element array ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...

Br. Guy Consolmagno and Christopher M. Graney reveal how Vatican Observatory Adjunct Scholars, like Fr. Adam D. Hincks, ...

Penzias and Wilson discover Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, supporting the Big Bang theory. Fr. Hincks now uses ACT ...

Atacama's arid dunes sit atop the same strip of the coast as Patagonia's (location map below) snow-capped glaciers and vegetative grasslands in the south of Chile. The Chilean Patagonian Fjords ...

Chile port Antofagasta. Tugs sailing to port for mooring operations. Drone flight over the Atacama Desert in Chile The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile to the border with Peru. With about 1 ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

A project expected to bring major changes to humanity's understanding of the universe, the Extremely Large Telescope with a ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors ... It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth for astronomy.