Astronomers Discover and Directly Image Third Planet in Beta Pictoris System
Named Beta Pictoris d, the newly-discovered world is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b — the first…
“Beyond the limit”: one million satellites and mirrors in space pose grave threat to the night sky
Press Release 1 July 2026 A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to…
Strange winds reveal strongest hints yet of magnetic activity in exoplanets
Press Release 2 June 2026 A team of astronomers has found the strongest evidence yet that some planets…
Scientists fear the end of a European space partnership may harm Australian innovation
As the world celebrates the successful Artemis II mission, Simon Driver is contemplating whether or not to fly…
Australia Rejects Call To Pursue Full European Southern Observatory Membership
The Australian government has rejected the call to pursue full European Southern Observatory (ESO) membership, hence cutting access…
VLT Zooms in on Nearby Triangulum Galaxy
A new close-up of the Triangulum galaxy, captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), traces the tangled gas…
Astronomers surprised by mysterious shock wave around dead star
Press Release 12 January 2026 Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with…
VLT Reveals Detailed Spectral Portrait of 3I/ATLAS
An international team of astronomers from Chile, Europe, the United States, Canada and New Zealand has captured the…
Webb Spots Four Distinct Dust Shells around Two Wolf-Rayet Stars
Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope with data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), two team of…
New image captures spooky bat signal in the sky
Press Release 31 October 2025 A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s)…
ESO Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 Unlocks Eastern Solstice
Something sinister has been stirring behind the Writhing Wall. Now, at long last, the barrier has fallen. Well,…
Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate
Press Release 2 October 2025 Astronomers have identified an enormous ‘growth spurt’ in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike…