An exoplanet has been discovered orbiting Barnard's star by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Barnard ...

The team used the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of ...

On. Oct. 5, 1962, the European Southern Observatory was born! The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is an intergovernmental research organization made up of 16 nations that work together to ...

Gergo Popping, an ESO astronomer at the European Alma Regional Centre who did not take part in the studies, said: “I was really surprised by this clear detection of oxygen in Jades-GS-z14-0.

European Southern Observatory A cosmic rainbow over the VLT (IMAGE) ESO. Caption. This ... the observatory sits proudly atop the 2635-metre-high Cerro Paranal in Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert.