Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have observed reservoirs of cool gas around some of…
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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.
ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has observed the central part of the Milky Way with…
ESO observations indicate the Neptune-like exoplanet is evaporating. Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have,…
The first evidence of a giant planet orbiting a dead white dwarf star has been…
Astronomers using ESO’s SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed that the…
Newly created strontium, an element used in fireworks, detected in space for the first time…
Astronomers using ALMA have obtained an extremely high-resolution image showing two disks in which young…
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time observed that a fast…
This is SS 433, a microquasar first discovered forty years ago and located about 18,000…
The unique capabilities of the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have enabled it…
Hidden in one of the darkest corners of the Orion constellation, this Cosmic Bat is…
This Picture of the Week is a special treat: a first-light image from the newest…
This dazzling region of newly-forming stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) was captured by…
The faint, ephemeral glow emanating from the planetary nebula ESO 577-24 persists for only a…
Before the scientific discoveries made using ESO telescopes can find themselves on your screen, they…
While testing a new subsystem on the SPHERE planet-hunting instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope,…
The SPECULOOS Southern Observatory (SSO) has been successfully installed at the Paranal Observatory and has…
The VISIR instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured this stunning image of a…