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Comet G3 (ATLAS) looks breathtaking above future home of world's largest telescope (photos)
Stunning photos show bright comet lighting up the dark skies above ESO'sParanal Observatory, future home of the world's ...
Scientific American10d
World’s Largest Telescope Faces a New Dire Threat: Light Pollution from Renewable Energy
Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...
One of the largest searches for alien life started 30 years ago—its legacy lives on today
In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive ...
The Conversation on MSN12d
South African telescope discovers a giant galaxy that’s 32 times bigger than Earth’s
Inkathazos glowing plasma jets are shown in red and yellow. The starlight from other surrounding galaxies can be seen in the ...
Chile-based telescope will search for earliest stars and signs of extraterrestrial life
Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth: What we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...