Astronomers have discovered an intense binary star system located about 1,400 light years away. It contains a brown dwarf with…
The European Southern Observatory continues to build the largest telescope in the world, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Construction of…
New research shows that carbon was more abundant in the early Universe than previously thought, a find that could have…
An international team of astronomers spotted a young, massive star orbiting very close to Sagittarius A*, which was previously thought…
Two teams independently discovered a super-Jupiter around a nearby Sun-like star using astrometry and direct imaging.
The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will be the world’s largest optical/near-infrared telescope. It is under construction on top of a…
A team of astronomers has found two Super-Earths orbiting a red dwarf about 114 light-years away. The star, named LP…
Here’s a dramatic and spectacular new view of the Cone Nebula, as seen by the Very Large Telescope (VLT). This…
This new image taken of the skies above Chile’s Atacama Desert near the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) La Silla Observatory,…
The Event Horizon Telescope Consortium has some big news about the center of our galaxy, and will be announcing at…