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Astronomers observe a pair of galaxies in a deep-space battle
Astronomers witness a galaxy pierced by Quasar radiation.
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...
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...
First Binary Star Found Near Sagittarius A*
Breakthrough Discovery: First Binary Star Detected Near Sagittarius A*
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.
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....
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...
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...
A scar imprinted on the surface of a white dwarf star
This scar is a concentrated patch of planetary material.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
A myriad of stars is revealed behind the faint orange glow of the Sh2-54 nebula
Serpent in the sky captured with ESO telescope
30039 near-Earth asteroids discovered in the solar system
The majority of these were discovered in the last decade.
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...
