Astronomers have spotted two giant planets forming around a young star—offering a stunning glimpse of…
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The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a leading intergovernmental astronomy organization supported by numerous European and partner countries. It operates some of the world’s most advanced ground-based telescopes, including those at the La Silla and Paranal Observatories in Chile, and is constructing the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), which will be the largest optical/near-infrared telescope on Earth. ESO’s facilities enable cutting-edge research in fields such as exoplanet discovery, black holes, galaxy formation, and dark matter. This page features the latest scientific findings, breakthroughs, and telescope updates from ESO’s world-class astronomical research.
A mysterious bow shock around the white dwarf RXJ0528+2838 is challenging astronomers’ understanding of how…
ALMA’s most ambitious galactic survey yet exposes a wild, filament-filled stellar nursery at the very…
New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions…
In a groundbreaking observation, astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured a massive star’s explosion…
A ghostly “cosmic bat” nebula, glowing red with newborn stars, has been captured by ESO’s…
A runaway “rogue planet” is gorging on space dust at a rate of six billion…
Astronomers have discovered that asteroid 1998 KY26, the target of Japan’s Hayabusa2 extended mission, is…
A new ultra-detailed map of the Sculptor Galaxy exposes stellar life and hidden structures, offering…
Astronomers may have captured the rare moment of a planet forming around a young star,…
In a cosmic breakthrough, scientists using the James Webb and ALMA telescopes have caught a…
Astronomers have captured the first visual evidence of a star exploding twice—an extraordinary cosmic event…
Astronomers have discovered one of the weirdest planetary systems yet: a possible planet, 2M1510 b,…
In a dramatic galactic showdown dubbed the “cosmic joust,” astronomers have captured an extraordinary cosmic…
In Chile’s desert skies, four lasers from ESO’s telescope revive ancient Andean beliefs about a…
In a vivid image captured by the VLT Survey Telescope, the elliptical galaxy NGC 3640…
Beneath Chile’s brilliant skies, the ELT grows—an engineering giant ready to capture the secrets of…
A dazzling construction scene under the Milky Way reveals the rise of ESO’s Extremely Large…