Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...
Hidden in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the $1.5B Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) nears completion. With a massive 130-ft mirror, ...
The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...
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Mount Paranal, an 8,740-foot-high (2,664 m) peak in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, is one of the last spots on Earth ...
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Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...
European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten ...
Details are emerging about the plant, whose proposed location in the Atacama Desert is concerning astronomers.