An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on ...

With its clear, dark skies, northern Chile is home to two fifths of the world's astronomical infrastructure, but could that be under threat with increasing urbanisation and mining development?

Caption This striking view of the central parts of the Milky Way was obtained with the VISTA survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. This huge picture is 108,500 by 81,500 pixels ...

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 ...

A vast industrial plant threatens the European Southern Observatory's Paranal telescope planned only a few kilometers from the site. The ESO recently released a statement calling on the government ...

JOHN BARTLETT, BYLINE: When night falls over the Paranal Observatory, which operates one ... Energy company, AES Andes, has put forward plans for the country's first industrial-scale green ...