ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of 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 ...

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 ...

Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at University of Warwick, was last seen a week ago near the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood ...

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 ...

The results obtained from these observations were confirmed by data from other instruments also specialized in exoplanet hunting: HARPS at ESO's La Silla Observatory, HARPS-N and CARMENES.