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

RCW 38 lies approximately 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. Unlike many star clusters that appear as simple ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

Photographers have been sharing their photographs of Comet G3 (ATLAS), which burned bright during January in the southern ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

ESOChile's pristine, dark desert skies are world-renowned for astronomy.But now the community says they are at risk of being ...

Chile's renowned dark skies face threats from industrial development. Astronomer Angel Otarola highlights concerns about ...

A vast cosmic explosion left behind an intricate masterpiece in the sky — delicate pink and orange filaments dancing in the wake of a dying star. Captured in breathtaking detail, this celestial ...

Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as ...