High atop the arid plateaus of Chile's Atacama Desert, one of humanity's most powerful astronomical instruments peers into ...

Recently discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have been captured using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large ...

New Mexico’s Plains of San Agustin are otherworldly: Silence, sand and sharp plants reign on the valley floor. Knobbly volcanic rock rises above. Pronghorns’ legs and jackrabbits’ ears break up the ...

Image of the young nearby 2MASS1612 system (also known as: RIK113) taken with the ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile. The image uses near infrared light that was scattered of the dust particles ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial features in stunning color and resolution. By combining over 50 hours of ...

Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them. Big telescopes feature some of the finest and most precise mirrors ...

A white dwarf star in the Large Magellanic Cloud exploded twice in a double-detonation supernova. Credit: ESO / Priyam Das et al. / Hubble / K. Noll et al. Astronomers have finally caught a dying star ...