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ALMA image of the ‘cosmic joust’

Astronomers observe a pair of galaxies in a deep-space battle

Astronomers witness a galaxy pierced by Quasar radiation.

The 3D structure of the atmosphere of the exoplanet Tylos (labeled)

Astronomers map 3D atmosphere of distant exoplanet, unveil unique climate

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all...

Artist’s impression of supersonic winds on WASP-127b

Astronomers discover record-breaking supersonic winds on exoplanet WASP-127b

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33 000 km/h, the winds make...

Location of binary star D9 in the Milky Way

First Binary Star Found Near Sagittarius A*

Breakthrough Discovery: First Binary Star Detected Near Sagittarius A*

Artist’s impression of a sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star

Exoplanet Orbiting the Closest Single Star to our Sun

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest single star to our Sun.

Highlights of the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way

Astronomers release record-breaking Infrared Map

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the most detailed one ever made....

Detailed images of the surface of the star R Doradus

Astronomers capture first-ever images of bubbling surface of Star R Doradus

For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a star other than the Sun in enough detail to track the motion of bubbling...

Wide-field view of the region of the sky around the nebula NGC 6164/6165

Astronomers discover evidence of star Collision that created unique Magnetic Star

A pair of stars in the Norma constellation located about 3800 light-years away from Earth have been found to be very different from each...

Artist’s impression of WD 0816-310, a magnetic white dwarf with a metal scar

A scar imprinted on the surface of a white dwarf star

This scar is a concentrated patch of planetary material.

Illustration of a galaxy disk being disturbed.

The secret of our Milky Way lies within seismic ripples of an Ancient Galaxy

A team of astronomers has captured a new snapshot of an ancient galaxy, BRI 1335-0417, which is over 12 billion years old and the...

Artist’s impression of the disc and jet in the young star system HH 1177

Disc Around Young Star in Large Magellanic Cloud Discovered

In a remarkable discovery, astronomers have found a disc around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy neighbouring ours. It’s the...

Artist’s impression of a record-breaking fast radio burst

Astronomers detects a blast of cosmic radio waves: Most distant ever

An international team has spotted a remote blast of cosmic radio waves lasting less than a millisecond. This 'fast radio burst' (FRB) is the...

ALMA view of the 9io9 galaxy

Astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy so far away

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy so far away that its light has taken...

Artist’s impression of the pulsar PSR J1023+0038

Astronomers have uncovered the strange behaviour of a pulsar

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

Dark spot on Neptune observed with MUSE at ESO’s Very Large Telescope

Astronomers observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpectedly smaller bright spot adjacent to...

Combined SPHERE and ALMA image of material orbiting V960 Mon

New image offers clues on massive planet birth

A spectacular new image released today by the European Southern Observatory gives us clues about how planets as massive as Jupiter could form. Using...

A planet and its Trojan orbiting a star in the PDS 70 system (annotated)

Astronomers discovered sibling of a planet orbiting a distant star

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have found the possible ‘sibling’ of a planet orbiting a distant star. The team has detected...

The Sh2-284 nebula, imaged by the VLT Survey Telescope

‘Smiling cat’ nebula captured in new ESO image

This cloud of orange and red, part of the Sh2-284 nebula, is shown here in spectacular detail using data from the VLT Survey Telescope,...

Chemical elements in a distant gas cloud

Distant gas clouds found with leftovers of the first stars

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints left by the explosion of the first stars in...

Artist’s impression of the black hole in the M87 galaxy and its powerful jet

First direct image of a black hole expelling a powerful jet

For the first time, astronomers have observed, in the same image, the shadow of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier...

The Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect in the Spiderweb protocluster

Astronomers witness the birth of a very distant galactic cluster from the early Universe

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), of which ESO is a partner, astronomers have discovered a large reservoir of hot gas in the...

Artist’s impression of the aftermath of the DART impact on Dimorphos

Astronomers observed the aftermath of DART’s asteroid impact

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), two teams of astronomers have observed the aftermath of the collision between NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)...

Water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis (artist’s impression)

Water on Earth is even older than our Sun

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. This water carries...

Asteroids

30039 near-Earth asteroids discovered in the solar system

The majority of these were discovered in the last decade.

NGC 7727’s spectacular galactic dance as seen by the VLT

ESO’s telescope captured a spectacular cosmic dance

ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has imaged the result of a spectacular cosmic collision — the galaxy NGC 7727. This giant was born from...

Image showing asteroid

The faintest asteroid ever observed

Impact in 2052 ruled out.

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