While La Silla remains at the forefront of astronomy, and is still the second most scientifically productive ground-based astronomical observatory, the 2600 m high Paranal site — home to the ...

European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Chile’s Cerro La Silla Some 127 light years away in the constellation of Hydrus, a new solar system has been discovered by a team of astronomers at the ...

University of Warwick academic Prof Tom Marsh went missing during a visit to La Silla Observatory. His body was found about 5km (three miles) from the observatory in the country's Atacama desert ...

Venus is shining brightly over the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile. What is that bright white star in the sky? Whether you’re an early riser or you’ve been ...

European researchers based in Geneva discovered the planet “E” in the Gliese 581 solar system after four years of observations from the La Silla observatory’s 3.6-meter ESO telescope and the ...

The results obtained from these observations were confirmed by data from other instruments also specialized in exoplanet ...

University of Warwick academic Prof Tom Marsh was last spoken to on 16 September during a visit to La Silla Observatory. The 60-year-old's colleagues remained "worried and anxious," said the ...