Elliptical Elegance
A glittering host of galaxies populate this rich image taken with ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, a state-of-the-art 2.6-m...
More children released from South Sudanese armed groups - UNICEF
More than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday, bringing the total number released this year to over 900.
Stellar Corpse Reveals Origin of Radioactive Molecules
Astronomers using ALMA and NOEMA have made the first definitive detection of a radioactive molecule in interstellar space....
First Successful Test of Einstein’s General Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole
Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time revealed the effects predicted by Einstein’s...
Supersharp Images from New VLT Adaptive Optics
ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has achieved first light with a new adaptive optics mode called laser tomography — and has...
Colourful Celestial Landscape
New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope show the star cluster RCW 38 in all its glory. This image was taken during...
First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet Caught with ESO’s VLT
SPHERE, a planet-hunting instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has captured the first confirmed image of a planet caught...
ESO’s VLT Sees `Oumuamua Getting a Boost
`Oumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, is moving away from the Sun faster than expected....
