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

This image, taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the nearby galaxy NGC 4254. NGC 4254 is a grand-design spiral galaxy located ...

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

Chile's Very Large Telescope has captured direct images of a bright, Jupiter-like exoplanet after data from two European Space Agency satellites showed a gravitational pull on the planet's host star.

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 Very Large Telescope spots a spooky skull nebula Just in time for Halloween, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released an image of a spooky structure known as the Skull Nebula.

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

The SETI Institute said this week that the Very Large Array, a National Science Foundation telescope in New Mexico, will join the hunt for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.

Telescope with 268-megapixel camera snaps its first amazing picture of deep space ... this Very Large Telescope has been primed to photograph massive regions in quick fashion.

Relations weren't always this smooth. In 1995, Chile briefly ordered a work stoppage on the Very Large Telescope's construction amid loud protests from ESO. At the time, ...

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 ...