This newly released image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile shows planetary nebula Abell…
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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.
By combining many individual images in the ESO archive, this new image shows NGC 1316…
A surprise discovery shows that the remote asteroid Chariklo is surrounded by two dense and…
ESO’s Very Large Telescope has discovered one of the ten largest stars found to date,…
Using the ALMA telescope, researchers discovered an unexpected clump of carbon monoxide gas in the…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals new insights into how cosmic seeds…
This newly released image of star cluster Messier 7 was taken by the Wide Field…
By using precise measurements of the asteroid Itokawa, astronomers have discovered the first evidence that…
ESO’s Very Large Telescope has charted the first ever map of the weather on the…
This new image from the VLT Survey Telescope shows the Lagoon Nebula, which is located…
The new collaboration between ESA and ESO has successfully tracked its first potentially threatening Near-Earth…
New research from the Gaia-ESO Survey shows that the inner regions of the Milky Way…
Using the HARPS planet-finding instrument on ESO’s 3.6-meter telescope, astronomers have discovered three exoplanets orbiting…
Astronomers used ALMA to observe the remains of Supernova 1987A, seeing for the first time…
Researchers used the Submillimeter Array at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics to view star cluster…
A new ESO image explores the Large Magellanic Cloud and an area nicknamed the Dragon’s…
Using the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory…
Released to the public for the first time, this Chandra/ESO image shows NGC 3576.…