While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

A stellar nursery hidden in Scorpius, the Dark Tower is a glowing, wind-sculpted cloud of gas shaped by young stars’ ...

Very Large Telescope observations of the galaxy revealed that there was likely a “sudden awakening of the massive black hole at its core,” according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Credit; ...

Software engineers have been hard at work to establish a common language for a global conversation. The topic—revealing the ...

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

Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition in June.

Observatories in Chile’s Atacama Desert, including the world’s largest optical telescope, could be blinded by light pollution ...

The facilities operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) are located in the Chilean commune of Taltal, in the Antofagasta Region, on the Paranal Hill in the Atacama Desert, 130 ...