The Sh2-46 nebula has been captured by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The nebula is ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 with the European Southern ...

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of ...

King Filip and Queen Mathilde left for Chile on Monday morning for what will be the first Belgian state visit to a Latin ...

Also at Paranal ESO will host and operate the Cherenkov Telescope Array South, the world's largest and most sensitive gamma-ray observatory.

The Rubin Observatory features an 8.4-metre primary mirror and a 3.2-gigapixel camera, one of the largest digital cameras ever constructed for ground-based astronomy.

Also at Paranal ESO will host and operate the Cherenkov Telescope Array South, the world's largest and most sensitive gamma-ray observatory. Together with international partners, ESO operates ALMA on ...

The galactic masterpiece combines over 100 exposures to reveal previously unseen features of stars in formation. The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making ...

While conventional images contain only a handful of colours, this new map contains thousands, which helps astronomers to understand the age, composition and motion of the stars, gas and dust within it ...

Wednesday, 11 June 2025 Colorful Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) This stunning photograph of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), taken by Yuri Beletsky on 19 January from ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, looks almost ...

NGC 6357 is known as an emission nebula, a region of space where gas is ionized by extreme ultraviolet radiation, which, in the case of NGC 6357, is caused by its massive young blue-white stars ...