Chilean authorities find body of missing British astronomer

FILE PHOTO: La Silla European Southern Observatory (ESO) is seen at Coquimbo, Chile July 2, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean authorities on Thursday said they found the body of a British astronomer who went missing in mid-September at an observatory in the north of the country, where he had arrived for a scientific research visit.

Authorities conducted an extensive search for Thomas Marsh, of the University of Warwick, across a vast area of the La Silla observatory, located in an arid, mountainous area 600 kilometers (373 miles) north of Chile's capital, Santiago.