Telescopes in Chile

A surprisingly detailed model of the world's most powerful radio telescope.

One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.

The Chilean mountain is freckled with (relatively) small European telescopes.

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.