Newsweek previously reported China's involvement in an observatory in South America that researchers said could be used to ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

After thousands of rare Chilean cacti were found in the house of an Italian collector, a years-long trial slowly unravelled ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever found. It’s 13.4 billion light-years away from Earth, according to new research.

The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

The latest discovery marks the furthest detection of oxygen ever made and defies what we thought about how galaxies formed in ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. This record-breaking detection is making astronomers rethink how quickly galaxies formed in the early Universe.

Before it shut down, a telescope in Chile captured the universe's baby photos, just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. These ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

If our 13.8 billion-year-old cosmos could be considered middle-aged, researchers note these new images captured around its ...