HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

European researchers based in Geneva discovered the planet “E” in the Gliese 581 solar system after four years of observations from the La Silla observatory’s 3.6-meter ESO telescope and the ...

ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at University of Warwick, was last seen a week ago near the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood ...

While La Silla remains at the forefront of astronomy, and is still the second most scientifically productive ground-based astronomical observatory, the 2600 m high Paranal site — home to the ...

Venus is shining brightly over the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile. What is that bright white star in the sky? Whether you’re an early riser or you’ve been ...