In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory. In new photos of this planet parade, the wispy glow of ...

The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

Its towering sandstone buttes rise majestically from the desert floor, creating a striking contrast against the clear azure sky. Visitors often find themselves mesmerized by the sheer scale of ...

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

Thousands of years ago, the Sahara Desert was not a dry land; it had rivers, lakes, and lush grasslands. This period is known ...

where the Mountain’s Edge neighborhood ends and the desert begins. And the piece apparently keeps evolving. When Review-Journal photographer Bizuayehu Tesfaye shot the image below with his drone ...

Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more than one-fifth of the Earth's land area, and they are found on every ...

Desert X 2025 installation view of Sarah Meyohas, Truth Arrives in Slanted Beams. Courtesy of Desert X.. Image © Lance Gerber ...

A manned mission to Mars could happen by the end of this century. The Mars Desert Research Station, located in a remote region of Utah, is helping scientists prepare for this challenging deep ...