The Very Large Telescope (VLT) is one of the most powerful ground-based astronomical tools on the planet. Despite its name ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks like a home satellite dish on steroids. When the antennas are pointed ...

Construction on ESO's Extremely Large Telescope continues. Here, in this May 1, 2025 photo taken from directly above, the the hexagonal support structure that will hold the ELT's 128-foot (39 ...

Scientist studying a star over 440 light-years away have spotted a planet creating intricate patterns in the star's ...

New images from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory suggest that the galaxy, known as NGC 3640, may soon merge with a smaller galactic ...

The photo was taken by Eduardo Garcés from the Cerro Paranal mountain, home to ESO's Very Large Telescope, which is about 14 miles (23 kilometers) from the ELT, capturing a silhouette of the dome ...

A team of international astronomers has uncovered what may be a gas giant planet forming around a distant young star. Using the powerful Very Large Telescope in Chile, they captured dazzling near ...

Star RIK 113 is busy making a new planet as seen in this new image from the Very Large Telescope. For centuries, astronomers have tried to study the process of planetary formation. Thanks to ...

This image shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Regions of pink light are spread throughout this ...

New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) and facilities around the world have all but ruled out an impact of the asteroid ...

Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope got the first photographic evidence of a white dwarf that detonated twice in a supernova.