New research using data collected by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has revealed that a…
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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.
These images were taken by ESO’s SPHERE (Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch) instrument, installed on ESO’s…
Astronomers using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have conducted the…
Astronomers reveal that asteroid ‘Oumuamua was traveling through interstellar space for millions of years before…
Using ESO’s unique planet-hunting HARPS instrument, a team of astronomers has discovered a temperate Earth-sized…
Astronomers have discovered a record-breaking bubble of ionized gas. Measuring more than 300,000 light-years across,…
ESO’s Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) instrument at has found its first exoplanet, a hot…
The VLT Survey Telescope has captured the most detailed image yet of the lenticular galaxy…
This newly released image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) shows V766 Centauri and…
This new ESO image shows planetary nebula NGC 7009, or the Saturn Nebula, as it…
This newly released ESO image shows spiral galaxy NGC 1964, which resides approximately 70 million…
This short ESOcast video explains why astronomers need radio telescopes like ALMA to understand phenomena…
ALMA reveals a strikingly beautiful view of a delicate bubble of expelled material around the…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, a team of astronomers has detected titanium oxide in an…
Astronomers have mapped the gas distribution and velocities in the atmosphere of the red supergiant…
Astronomers have detected CH+ for the first time in the distant Universe, opening up a…
A team of astronomers has constructed the most detailed image ever of a star —…
ESO’s Very Large Telescope has revealed a previously unknown way to fuel supermassive black holes.…