A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most valuable astronomical locations by up to 35%, a new study has ...

The dark skies of Chile's Atacama Desert are perfect for skywatching, especially when a parade of six planets and a comet grace the night sky all at once. In February 2025, conditions were just ...

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Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on ... Comets "burn brightly" and "flawless trails of stars" and nebulae "streak the night sky". From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...

A new report by the European Southern Observatory says a planned industrial megaproject will significantly brighten the skies in Chile’s Atacama ... Night project revealed that the night sky ...

The Atacama’s dark skies and other qualities lured organizations to build cutting-edge instruments such as the VLT, the ELT and the southern array of the CTAO. “The darker the sky, the fainter ...

They had already spent a week and a half scouting other locations in the Atacama ... The desert’s remoteness and inhospitably thin, dry air—ideal for observing the night sky—had already ...

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most valuable astronomical locations by up to 35%, a new study ...