While astronomers often set their sights on the stars, the landscapes surrounding their observatories can be just as ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Uncover the enigma of La Mano del Desierto, a colossal hand sculpture rising from Chile's Atacama Desert, baffling and ...

the first stars," said astrophysicist Itziar de Gregorio, the European Southern Observatory's representative in Chile. "We're going to see with a lot of detail, and characterize stars that are ...

The telescope, currently about 60% complete, is intended to search for evidence of potential life on planets beyond our solar system - called exoplanets - and peer back in time to look for the ...

We’re going to be able to see how the first galaxies were formed at the beginning of the universe, the first stars,” said astrophysicist Itziar de Gregorio, the European Southern Observatory’s ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez ... the first stars," said astrophysicist Itziar de Gregorio, the European Southern Observatory's representative ...

The scientific community is warning about a 3,000-hectare power plant that is jeopardizing the darkness of the skies over the Cerro Paranal telescopes in the Atacama Desert ... operated by ESO in the ...

Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune ... Weather service forecaster Dave Munyon said the region has never seen a period starting from July 1 stretch this long with so little precipitation since ...

Abstract: Chile’s mining industry, a global leader in copper production, faces challenges due to increasing volumes of mining waste, particularly Waste Rock Dumps (WRD) and Leaching Waste Dumps (LWD).