AS night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile, four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn ...

A breathtaking new image of the RCW 38 star cluster showcases a cosmic nursery bursting with color, light, and energy.

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In the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, someone had discovered a tiny mummified alien.

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), ...

The VLT captures a stunning infrared view of Sagittarius C, exposing a rich field of young stars. This breakthrough provides ...

star-facing side of the planet, the researchers report. "Even the strongest hurricanes in the Solar System seem calm in ...

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SANTIAGO – A sweeping blackout plunged most of Chile into darkness Tuesday, stranding commuters, knocking the internet ...

Cosmic forensic experts are reconstructing the magnetic field around an infant star from the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around it.