Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

Scientists have obtained photographic evidence of a double-detonation Type Ia supernova for the first time. This rare cosmic ...

(CN) — While all stars go out in a bang, some go out with two. For the first time, astronomers have recorded visual evidence ...

Using data from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and other ground-based observatories, scientists were able to confirm something marvelous about BH3: The object ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released an image of the ghostly remains of a star that exploded 11,000 years ago, just in time for Halloween.

With a remarkable observational campaign that involved 12 telescopes both on the ground and in space, including three European Southern Observatory (ESO) facilities, astronomers have uncovered the ...

On. Oct. 5, 1962, the European Southern Observatory was born! The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is an intergovernmental research organization made up of 16 nations that work together to ...

Gergo Popping, an ESO astronomer at the European Alma Regional Centre who did not take part in the studies, said: “I was really surprised by this clear detection of oxygen in Jades-GS-z14-0.

European Southern Observatory A cosmic rainbow over the VLT (IMAGE) ESO. Caption. This ... the observatory sits proudly atop the 2635-metre-high Cerro Paranal in Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert.

European Southern Observatory. Alma. Galaxies. Pisa. Italy. Most Read. 1. World. Austria school shooting suspect was 'drop out' former pupil who legally owned firearms as death toll in massacre ...