How Water Vapor Is Rewriting the Story of Planet Formation
Water vapor has been discovered in a planet-forming disc around a young star, revealing conditions conducive to planet formation and potential influences on planet composition….
Water vapor has been discovered in a planet-forming disc around a young star, revealing conditions conducive to planet formation and potential influences on planet composition….
When a star like our Sun reaches the end of its life, it can ingest the surrounding planets and asteroids that were born with it….
Astronomers using the ESO’s VLT have discovered the brightest and most luminous quasar ever observed, powered by the fastest-growing black hole known, which accumulates mass…
The ESO unveils a detailed image of the Running Chicken Nebula, located 6500 light-years away in the Centaurus constellation. This 1.5-billion-pixel image, captured by the…
Researchers using the MUSE instrument have identified galactic winds in ancient galaxies, confirming their role in limiting galaxy growth. Future studies aim to measure these…
An extensive astronomical study involving 12 telescopes both on the ground and in space, including three European Southern Observatory (ESO) facilities, astronomers have uncovered the…
Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have detected a disc forming around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking the first discovery of its…
Astronomers have discovered an ancient galaxy’s magnetic field, shedding light on the early universe’s cosmic evolution and star formation processes. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter…
Astronomers have detected the most distant ‘fast radio burst’ (FRB) ever, providing a potential tool to measure the Universe’s hidden matter. Upcoming telescopes promise to…
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have identified a significant dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an adjacent smaller bright spot….
The Sh2-284 nebula, awash in vibrant hues of orange and red, is beautifully captured in intricate detail thanks to the VLT Survey Telescope at the…
New Type of Star Gives Clues to Mysterious Origin of Magnetars Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the Universe. These super-dense dead stars with ultra-strong…
A spectacular new image released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) gives us clues about how planets as massive as Jupiter could form. Using ESO’s…
Astronomers have detected a debris cloud that could indicate a ‘sibling’ planet sharing the orbit of an existing planet around a distant star, using the…
The European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ESO’s ELT) has reached the halfway mark in its construction. Once completed, it will be the world’s largest…
The BlackGEM array, a system of three new telescopes located at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla Observatory, has begun operations to detect gravitational…
Astronomers have used VISTA to create an infrared atlas of five stellar nurseries, offering unprecedented insights into star formation and revealing previously unseen objects. The…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints left by the explosion of the first stars in the…