Astronomers have detected a debris cloud that could indicate a ‘sibling’ planet sharing the orbit…
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.
The European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ESO’s ELT) has reached the halfway mark in…
The BlackGEM array, a system of three new telescopes located at the European Southern Observatory’s…
Astronomers have used VISTA to create an infrared atlas of five stellar nurseries, offering unprecedented…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints…
The early universe, known as the Cosmic Dark Ages, was devoid of light sources, consisting…
In a historic first, astronomers have simultaneously imaged the shadow and jet of the supermassive…
A group of physicists has developed a model that charts the unexpected orbit of a…
Tracing Water’s Origins in the Universe Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have…
Last year, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) was alerted after an…
New Research Reveals How Global Warming Affects Astronomy The clarity of the atmosphere above the…
A Wondrous Star Factory Image Marks 60 Years of Collaboration For the past 60 years,…
This stunning image clearly displays the well-defined arms of the spiral galaxy NGC 4254, also…
What do you see in this intricate image of the Vela supernova remnant? A spooky…
Discovery of Barium in Exoplanet Atmospheres Astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in…
Disturbances in the Dwarf Galaxies of One of Earth’s Closest Galaxy Clusters Point to a…
A ‘hot spot’ orbiting near the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, was spotted…
A stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor galaxy to our own,…