The Atacama Desert is home to a variety of bird species ... and galaxies that adorn the night sky. On the other hand, the rainy season, from November to April, brings occasional rainfall to ...

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in breathtaking new photos from the European Southern Observatory.

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet ... up in when the temperature drops at night. Intrepid Travel's Sahara Mini Adventure ...

AS night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile, four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn hea­vens. The driest place on Earth is the best place to observe the universe ...

The VLT is a powerful astronomical observatory that captures high-resolution images and spectra of celestial objects, ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

The dark skies of Chile's Atacama Desert are perfect for skywatching, especially when a parade of six planets and a comet grace the night sky all at once. In February 2025, conditions were just ...

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most valuable astronomical locations by up to 35%, a new study ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet. With its "Martian landscapes" and sprawling salt flats, the arid "geographical ...