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 ...

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

Paranal (Chile) (AFP) – As night falls on the Atacama ... billed as the world's "biggest eye on the sky," currently under construction near the Paranal Observatory. The stadium-sized telescope ...

The Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama desert is ... That work could be jeopardized if the night sky brightens, even a fraction. “Light pollution is the main threat to astronomy because ...

The area is home to the Paranal Observatory, which houses the European ... That work could be jeopardized if the night sky brightens, even a fraction. "Light pollution is the main threat to ...

Angel Otarola, an astronomer and member of the light pollution committee of the Chilean Astronomical Society (SOCHIAS), says light pollution around the state-of-the-art Paranal Observatory is ...