One of the darkest slices of night sky on the planet may soon be threatened ... may be built in Chile's Atacama Desert. The Atacama is famed for its pitch-black skies and lack of light pollution ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Chile’s northern Atacama Desert is a veritable haven for astronomy ... Even the most astronomically uneducated look up into the night sky and realize there’s something beyond themselves ...

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On Jan. 3, 2025, the "Evening Star" Venus and a waxing crescent moon crossed the night sky in an event known as a conjunction, where two objects share the same right ascension or celestial longitude.

The Atacama Desert in Chile is home to some of the most ... megaproject to Paranal poses a critical risk to the most pristine night skies on the planet,” ESO Director General, Xavier Barcons ...