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 ...

An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact ...

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

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 shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

Astronomers have created a magnificent visual map of the spiral galaxy using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

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

This handout provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT).

Scientists used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope to observe the galaxy for some 50 hours, stitching together more than 100 exposures to create the picture.