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 ...

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

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

Astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere for the first time, revealing a layered system of ...

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.

From star births to deaths and a party in a black hole, here are some of the reports we’ve been getting back from the ...

Four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) revealed powerful winds carrying ...

AS night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile, four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn ...

But the latest target of the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), WASP-121b? Well, this exoplanet has titanium rainstorms—a weather system ripped straight from the pages of science fiction.

who has already observed 2024 YR4 using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, in an interview. “By measuring its thermal, radiated infrared, and comparing it to the light that is reflected ...

Scientists have mapped the 3D structure of exoplanet WASP-121b's atmosphere, revealing powerful winds, extreme weather, and a ...