A proposed massive hydrogen-fuel production project in Chile has astronomers galvanized in concern and opposition. One ...

Miners once lived and worked in Humberstone saltpeter works. Now it's a ghost town and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photos ...

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Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to ...

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...

Light pollution from a planned renewable energy project in Chile could significantly impact the European Southern Observatory ...

World’s largest telescope dome completed in Chile ELT dome will house massive telescope for groundbreaking research Telescope aims to revolutionize space exploration by 2028 ...

Chile's state copper commission, Cochilco, predicts a significant boost in the country's lithium production. The forecast projects output to reach 30 ...

Industrial farming in Brazil and off-road racing in Chile continue to threaten geoglyphs that are so big, they can only be ...

The clarity of Chilean skies in the Atacama Desert may be in jeopardy given a project entertained by the electricity company ...

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will be loaded onto a transatlantic shipping vessel in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of January for a month-long voyage by sea to its home: Chile, just ...

European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten ...