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....
ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star
Two independent teams of astronomers have used ALMA to uncover convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit...
ALMA and VLT Find Too Many Massive Stars in Starburst Galaxies, Near and Far
Astronomers using ALMA and the VLT have discovered that both starburst galaxies in the early Universe and a star-forming...
A Crowded Neighbourhood
Glowing brightly about 160 000 light-years away, the Tarantula Nebula is the most spectacular feature of the Large Magellanic...
Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA's Next Red Planet Rover Mission
The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with NASA's Mars 2020 rover, currently...
Science Launching to Space Station Looks Forward and Back
The Cold Atom Lab (CAL) is a new facility that will create a spot ten billion times colder than the vacuum of space, and...
ALMA and VLT Find Evidence for Stars Forming Just 250 Million Years After Big Bang
Astronomers have used observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESO’s Very Large...
