While astronomers often set their sights on the stars, the landscapes surrounding their observatories can be just as ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

RCW 38 lies approximately 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. Unlike many star clusters that appear as simple ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), ...

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

It seems like merely a fact of life on the West Coast that summers are dry. But compared to most of the rest of the country ...

In the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, an immense silver dome is being prepared to house the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2028. This will be the world's ...

Black Tomato’s Feelings Engine has set a high bar by making the process of discovering soul-quenching adventures user-friendly, seductive–and addictively fun.

Another special element of desert weddings in Chile is the incorporation of indigenous rituals into the ceremony. Couples can ...