Astronomers Directly Image Betelgeuse’s Long-Suspected Stellar Companion
After a century of speculation, astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured the clearest evidence yet…
Puzzling Near-Earth Asteroid Turns Out to Be Comet with Weak Tail
The near-Earth object (875163) 1998 SH2, which is currently classified as an asteroid, has revealed a hidden identity: it’s…
The Beta Pictoris d exoplanet observed over the years – ESO.org
The Beta Pictoris d exoplanet observed over the years ESO.orgFaint new planet is revealed around a young star after…
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…
Older than the Sun: Astronomers find new clues to the origin of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Press Release 6 July 2026 Astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) to…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Likely Originated in Outskirts of Ancient Planetary System
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have measured carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in 3I/ATLAS, the third…
“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…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed Up To 12 Billion Years Ago, New Observations Suggest
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical fingerprint unlike anything in our Solar System, and it may have…
Astronomers Detect Clearest Signs Yet of Magnetic Fields on Extrasolar Planets
By tracking fierce winds racing through the atmospheres of seven ultra-hot Jupiters, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence…
Astronomers Find Second-Generation Star in Pictor II
PicII-503, a primordial star located in the >10-billion-year-old ultrafaint dwarf galaxy Pictor II, appears to preserve the chemical…
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…
VLT Discovers Third Gas Cloud near Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
The newly-identified gas cloud, dubbed G2t, follows nearly the same orbit as two known clouds, suggesting they were…