Recently discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have been captured using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...

Astronomers have detected an explosion of gamma rays that repeated several times over the course of a day, an event unlike anything ever witnessed before. The source of the powerful radiation was ...

In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to ...

Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for ...

A team of astronomers have observed an explosion in the universe unlike any ever witnessed before. The mysterious repeating gamma-ray bursts were spotted outside our own galaxy using the European ...

Astronomers have detected a massive gamma-ray explosion coming from outside the galaxy. The explosion's origins and power are ...

A galaxy proto-supercluster was discovered using VIMOS instrument of ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The astronomers who discovered it have nicknamed the bohemoth “Hyperion.” It has been visualized here.

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger than Jupiter.

The Very Large Telescope (VLT) detected significant nickel vapor but almost no iron in the interstellar 3I/Atlas comet. Having nickel without iron is not a chemical signature found in known natural ...

Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that's not only exceptionally powerful, but also ...

Initially thought to be about 30 metres wide and rotating once every 10 minutes, KY26 has now been found to measure just 11 ...

WISPIT 2b was detected as part of a five-year observational research project during which the international team sought to establish whether wide orbit gas giant planets were more common around ...