By Mathew Cohen Chile has put a planned Chinese astronomical observatory project under review, potentially dealing a blow to Beijing's scientific ambitions in Latin America. The Chilean foreign ...

Chile has announced that it is reviewing an agreement signed with China for the construction of a major astronomical observatory in the Atacama Desert. This project, known as the Ventarrones ...

Newsweek previously reported China's involvement in an observatory in South America that researchers said could be used to "support military space operations" ...

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 said on Wednesday it was reviewing an agreement for the construction of a Chinese astronomical observatory on its soil, a project that has ...

Swarms of satellites launched by SpaceX and other companies are disrupting astronomical observations. Here's how scientists ...

A brilliant comet lights up the night sky over Chile's Atacama Desert in this stunning image captured by a photographer with the European Southern Observatory in January 2025. What you're seeing ...

New observations with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile reveal the earliest-ever "baby pictures" of our universe, ...

NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and ...

A planned Chinese observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert is facing possible cancellation after US officials in recent months have raised concerns about its potential military applications.

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar ... The "observational prowess" of the Cerro Paranal, the darkest observatory site in the world, "might soon be history", said Sky and Telescope ...