The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...

Very massive stars (VMSs) have had a massive impact on the formation of our universe. However, there aren't very many of them ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks like a home satellite dish on steroids. When the antennas are pointed ...

Astronomers have created the most detailed image of a galaxy of its kind ever seen. The “incredibly detailed” picture shows parts of the Sculptor Galaxy that have never been seen before. Scientists ...

The Future of the Very Large Telescope. The capabilities of UT4 are just the beginning. As part of a major upgrade to the VLT array, the other three telescopes will soon be fitted with their own ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert is seen from directly above while its construction continues.

ESO hosts four different telescopes in Chile: the Very Large Telescope , the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array , the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT, which is currently being built), and ...

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

An image of the Sculptor Galaxy created using images from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO / E. Congiu et al. It’s not every day we get to see a visual of ...

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

New images from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory suggest that the galaxy, known as NGC 3640, may soon merge with a smaller galactic ...