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 ...

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

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

Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

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

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

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

Additionally, AES Andes said in its statement that the sky brightness at the telescope sites will only increase by 0.09 percent at the ELT and 0.27 percent at the Very Large Telescope, also ...

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 ...

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