An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert. Surrounded by vast desert and distant snow topped mountains, the enormous satellite dishes, dome-shaped buildings and telescopes are run by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) , an intergovernmental body dedicated to observing space. Photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza was granted access to several observatory sites.
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A man has lost an incredible 20st after his addiction to food left him £15k in debt .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .