1/2 AES Andes announced that it will step back from the megaproject INNA, planned to be located near our Paranal Observatory.

ESO

We welcome this announcement and expect that the project will be withdrawn from #Chile 's Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) soon, which would formally confirm INNA is not going ahead.

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2602/

A. Ghizzi Panizza/ESO

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #environment #space #science

ESO

2/2 ESO Director General Xavier Barcons expressed his gratitude to the many people in Chile and around the world who actively spoke up for the protection of dark and quiet skies in the context of this project, for research and humankind.

The project highlighted the urgent need to establish clear protection measures in the areas around astronomical observatories. We will continue to intensify our efforts in this direction.

Ryan van Herwijnen 🔻

@esoastronomy this is really great news. It makes me very happy!

Dr NKar

@esoastronomy A little good news in this planet where dark skies are diminishing fast.