The spiral arms of Messier 83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel galaxy, have been imaged by the Dark Energy Camera in ...

The Extremely Large Telescope is currently under construction, with the most recent milestones including progress made with ...

Since the dawn of humankind, people have stood in the dark and looked at the stars for perspective and spiritual meaning. The ...

Traveling to the Atacama Desert feels like stepping onto a different ... it’s one of the best places in the world to see the ...

The dry, desolate landscape of the Atacama Desert has been used by American space ... The temperature swings from 30C in the day to below freezing at night. It is a region so barren and devoid ...

A narrow canyon leading to the volcano Licancabur in the Atacama Desert. At night, the singular views continue: located miles above sea level with no major cities to bring in obstructing light ...

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 ...