Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the ...

Scientists found winds on WASP-127b moving at 33,000 km/h. These are the fastest jetstream winds ever recorded on any planet ...

New instruments, like the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), will hasten that search when they come online. Until then, the search for more exoplanets will continue.

The Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile, aims to explore exoplanets for potential life and examine the ...