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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.
The First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way Galaxy…
Today (May 12, 2022), at simultaneous press conferences around the world, including at the European…
Update: Stunning Reveal: First Image of the Black Hole at the Center of Our Milky…
Astronomers have discovered a new type of stellar explosion called a micronova, which can…
Using ground-based telescopes, including the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), an international…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers at Leiden Observatory in the…
In 2020 a team led by European Southern Observatory (ESO) astronomers reported the closest black…
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI) has observed a cloud of…
Astronomers confirmed Proxima d, a Mars-sized exoplanet, around Proxima Centauri. It’s one of the lightest…
Astronomers using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a third planet, Proxima d, orbiting…
The European Southern Observatory presents a spectacular view of the Flame Nebula in Orion, captured…
A team of astronomers discovered over 70 rogue planets using ESO and Gaia data, the…
ESO’s VLTI has produced the most detailed images of Sagittarius A*, discovering a new star…
Astronomers discovered a giant planet around the massive, hot b Centauri system, proving such stars…
ESO’s VLT has revealed the closest-ever pair of supermassive black holes, residing in NGC 7727…
Astronomers spotted an 11-solar-mass black hole in NGC 1850 by tracking stellar motions, the first…
Astronomers spotted fluorine in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away, suggesting massive Wolf–Rayet stars rapidly…