Could a climate megaproject cloud Chile's unparalleled views of universe?
As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.
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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 ...
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World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...
MercoPress29d
Chile: Starwatching endangered by industrial project
The facilities operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO ... its atmospheric stability and the absence of light pollution, the Atacama Desert is a unique natural laboratory for ...
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Ghostly 'zodiacal light' glows above the Very Large Telescope in Chile (photo)
The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO ... is often outshined by moonlight or light pollution on Earth. However, the Atacama Desert offers pristine night skies for viewing zodiacal light ...
Space.com23d
World's largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)
The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope — is currently under development on the Cerro Armazones mountain ...
‘A $1.5 billion eye’: A rival to James Webb is being quietly tested in a barren desert
Hidden in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the $1.5B Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) nears completion. With a massive 130-ft mirror, ...
The Straits Times13d
Work progresses on giant telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert
It is a 1.45 billion euros ($1.51 billion) project of the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental ... It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best ...
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A trip through Chile's Atacama desert, the driest place in the world
South America's answer to the Sahara, the southern part of the Atacama Desert is known as ... setting sun bathes the dunes in red-golden light. A desert fox comes within a few metres of us ...
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World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
Mount Paranal, an 8,740-foot-high (2,664 m) peak in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, is one of the last spots on Earth free from urban and industrial light pollution. Thanks to the unique ...
U.S. News & World Report14d
Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert
Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ... project of the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental research organization.
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World's largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)
The European Southern Observatory's ... the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert. The mighty telescope is expected to see its "first light" by 2028. New photos from the ESO show ...