This Saturday will mark 15 years that the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) first opened its eyes on…
This beautiful photo, taken by ESO photo ambassador Babak Tafreshi, shows the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope array and VISTA…
An international team of astronomers has figured out a way to determine details of an exoplanet's atmosphere from 50 light-years…
Scientists have determined a giant gas cloud is on a collision course with the black hole in the center of…
[/caption] Located high in the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert, the enormous telescopes of the European Southern Observatory have been…
[/caption] Got a teenager? Then you know the story. Go to look for your favorite bag of chips and they're…
[/caption] British synthpop band Erasure released a video today featuring lead singer Andy Bell in front of the telescopes of…
[/caption] It may seem like a silly question -- of course there's life on Earth -- but what if we…
[/caption] Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a star named VFTS 102 is spinning its heart out... Literally. Rotating at…
[/caption] The seasons are changing for both hemispheres and it's not uncommon to wake up to wonderful, mysterious swirls of…