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To get the full detail of a lunar eclipse, it helps to have binoculars or a telescope. Astrophotographers looking to upgrade ...
A nebula where young stars sculpt dragon-like forms has been imaged in colorful detail by the Dark Energy Camera in Chile.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released some of its first images. Its powerful new telescope will be able to quickly ...
Located on Cerro Pachón in Chile, the world's most powerful digital camera is set to transform how we see the universe.
See photos of the Southern Hemisphere's night sky as seen from Chile's Atacama Desert, including celestial sights like the Southern Cross and the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The pristine night sky — chock full of gleaming stars and awe-inspiring views of our Milky Way galaxy — comes to life in a magnificent time-lapse video shot from northern Chile. The amazing ...
Between the high altitude, the dry, cloudless air and the lack of light pollution, the Atacama Desert of northern Chile boasts some of the greatest views of the night sky on Earth. Photographer ...
It’s one of the top two or three places in the world in terms of the clarity of the night sky. Almost all of the most important telescopes are based here, in Hawaii or in Panama,” she said ...
The experimental documentary “Cielo,” directed by Canadian Alison McAlpine with cinematography by “A Fantastic Woman’s” Benjamin Echazarreta, humbly marvels at the vastness of the night ...
The shooting star you see at night helps us see the Universe with sharper vision. So the sky isn’t blue, at least not always. It is a glow-in-the-dark night sky too, colored a mix of green ...
Satellite swarms may outshine the night sky’s natural constellations “Mega-constellations” from those satellites will be visible to the naked eye, simulations suggest ...