Considered a solitary star for its lack of stellar companions, Barnard's Star is notoriously lonely—signs of any exoplanets ...

Using the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), scientists have been able to prove into its atmosphere, revealing its 3D structure. This is the first time that this has been ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

In a recent update describing the progress of the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the European Southern Observatory (ESO) shared a photo of the dome that will protect the ...

The planet WASP-121b is extreme. Its a gas giant almost twice as big as Jupiter orbiting extremely close to its star50 times ...

An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target.

Close up of the stairways up to the top of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert. | Credit: ESO/G. Vecchia These mirrors will allow astronomers to peer into the cosmos like ...

By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), they found powerful winds carrying chemical elements like iron and titanium ...