Atacama Desert Telescope vs. Green Megaproject

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A Renewable Energy Project Could Brighten Chile’s Dark Skies. That’s Bad News for Astronomy

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Astronomers building the world’s largest optical telescope in Chile 's Atacama Desert .

ESO's under-construction $1.5-billion Extremely Large Telescope , or ELT , should soon be outclassed by the ELT .

The ELT and other next-generation telescopes there are poised to deliver even more extraordinary advances, possibly including breakthrough new measurements of dark energy and the first images of rocky, Earthlike exoplanets.

ESO and the Chilean Astronomical Society ( SOCHIAS ) emphasize that they do not want the project to be canceled altogether.

Both groups are asking that INNA be moved at least 50 km away from the observatories.

The project has been designed to comply with recently expanded regulatory requirements from the Chilean Ministry of the Environment on light pollution passed in 2022 .

The INNA project must undergo a period of review in which public commentary is collected.

Chile has risen to 12th place globally in astronomy paper citations per year.

The number of astronomy Ph.D. students in Chile has increased from five in 1990 to 40 in 2005 .

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