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

Paranal telescope operator Marcela Espinoza says it's essential for Chile to preserve 'the best skies in the world' so that other countries keep choosing the region to install their telescopes ...

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

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

The facilities operated by the European Southern ... commune such as Chile's Valparaiso. Thanks to its atmospheric stability and the absence of light pollution, the Atacama Desert is a unique ...

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

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ... project of the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental research organization.

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope construction at Atacama desert in Chile ...

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.