The University of Tokyo selected Chile, a nation in the Southern Hemisphere, as the site of its outpost. Japan’s National Astronomical Observatory operates the Subaru 8.2-meter optical-infrared ...

Chile's dark skies, vital for astronomy, face threats from urban development. The asteroid Bennu could pose a future risk to ...

Built in 1969 by the ESO, the La Silla observatory is located in the southern Atacama Desert, roughly 600 kilometres north of Santiago, at an altitude of 2,400 meters.

The facilities operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are located in the Chilean commune of Taltal, in the Antofagasta Region, on the Paranal Hill in the Atacama Desert, 130 ...

Chile hosts some of the world's most advanced observatories ... On your way, you will stop at Chacabuco, one of the most famous saltpetre towns of the Atacama desert. In the early part of the ...

A giant new telescope in Chile has opened its eyes for the first time — and while the view may not be impressive to some, its scientist parents are thrilled. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

Aiming to dive deeper into the early universe, cosmologists are readying themselves at the observatory placed at an altitude of 5,300 meters on Cerro Toco, in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert.

From the radio telescope array charting complex chemistry in Titan’s atmosphere to the telescopes that pinpointed the neutron star merger last year, Chilean observatories play a starring role in ...