Credit: ESO/Cover Image The world’s darkest skies are under threat from an industrial megaproject that could permanently ...

Chile's Atacama Desert is home to some of the best Earth-based observatories, though an energy company is throwing a wrench ...

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

World's Darkest Skies' Under Threat From New Industrial Plant.The world's darkest skies are under threat from an industrial ...

AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for ...

"Light pollution will irreparably impact the capabilities for astronomical observation," the ESO's Xavier Barcons said.

A proposed industrial complex by AES Andes near the Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert could devastate the area's world-renowned dark skies. Celebrated for its vital role in major ...

This complex threatens the pristine skies above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of any astronomical observatory in the world. The industrial ...

The dark skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory, home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), yield breathtaking views so clear and so full of stars that you could almost touch them. Standing atop ...

The Atacama is famed for its pitch-black skies and lack of light pollution, and it's home to the ESO's Paranal Observatory, which was involved in taking the very first picture of an exoplanet.

On January 7, 2025, the European Commission established the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) as a European ...