By analyzing earthshine and observing the Moon using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, researchers are using…
Browsing: European Southern Observatory
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.
Astronomers have combined hundreds of images, including ones in the infrared spectrum, to provide the…
Using public data from the European Southern Observatory with measurements from the Keck Observatory’s High…
The largest galaxy cluster in the distant universe has been found and nicknamed “El Gordo,”…
On December 22, Guillaume Blanchard of the European Southern Observatory captured one amazing image that…