An exoplanet has been discovered orbiting Barnard's star by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Barnard ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

The month’s sharpest science shots — selected by Nature ’s photo team.

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.

This deep view of the Orion Constellation glows in reddish hues thanks to a filtered view of hydrogen alpha emission, a type ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up 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 ...

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 ...

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.