Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Hubble Finds a Dead Galaxy that was Finished Making Stars Just a Few Billion Years After the Big Bang
Relying on Hubble and gravitational lensing, a team of astronomers made the unexpected discovery of a galaxy that ceased star…
Hubble Watches Spinning Black Hole Swallow a Star
An international team of scientists claim that a superluminous event in a distant galaxy was caused by a star being…
Very Large Telescope Images Of Jupiter Prepare Us For Juno Arrival
In preparation for Juno's arrival at Jupiter, a team from the European Southern Observatory is creating a breathtaking infrared map…
A Star Is About To Go 2.5% The Speed Of Light Past A Black Hole
Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers are about to observe the stars orbiting Sagittarius A*, which will test Einstein's…
Einstein Right Again! Rapidly Spinning Pulsar Follows General Relativity
A unique and exotic laboratory about 6,800 light-years from Earth is helping Earth-based astronomers test Albert Einstein's theory of general…
A Primer on Cosmic Sprinklers
The planetary nebula Fleming 1, as seen with ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/H. Boffin The neat thing about planetary…
Watch Live: A Day in the Life of the Very Large Telescope
Ever wonder what takes place on a daily basis at one of the premier ground-based observatories? The European Southern Observatory…
Bright Stars Don’t Like to Be Alone
Caption: New research using data from European Southern Observatory telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope, has revealed that the hottest…
Most Detailed Look Ever Into the Carina Nebula
[/caption] Like finding buried treasure, this new image of the Carina Nebula has uncovered details not seen before. This vibrant…
Iconic Telescope Array Gets a New Name
[/caption] The pop culture-rich Very Large Array has been updated with state-of-the-art technology and to befit the VLA’s new capabilities,…