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Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and VLT Interferometer (VLTI) in Chile, astronomers have directly observed two gas…

A new close-up of the Triangulum galaxy, captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), traces the tangled gas…

The newly-identified gas cloud, dubbed G2t, follows nearly the same orbit as two known clouds, suggesting they were…

New look at the stars around the Milky Way’s centre ESO.orgThe Most Detailed Image of the Milky Way’s Heart…

A stunning new image from the SPHERE (Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)…

The Vela Junior supernova, also known as RX J0852.0-4622 or G266.2-1.2, exploded a few thousand years ago, leaving…

Press Release 12 January 2026 Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with…

An international team of astronomers from Chile, Europe, the United States, Canada and New Zealand has captured the…

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a supernova explosion accompanying the gamma-ray burst event…

Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope with data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), two team of…

Astronomers using ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope have captured a beautiful image of a large nebula, whose mesmerizing appearance…

Press Release 31 October 2025 A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s)…

Two Protoplanets Emerge from Dusty Disk around Nearby Young Star