The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to its growing list.

Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the peculiar star system Apep consists of two dying stars ...

The day before my thesis examination, my friend and radio astronomer Joe Callingham showed me an image we'd been awaiting for ...

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 ...

This image, taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the nearby galaxy NGC 4254. NGC 4254 is a grand-design spiral galaxy located ...

The Very Large Telescope spots a spooky skull nebula Just in time for Halloween, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released an image of a spooky structure known as the Skull Nebula.

Space & Spaceflight ‘Very Large’ Radio Telescope Array Will Scan for Alien Signals The 27 radio antennae will look for technosignatures emitted by intelligent civilizations.

Chile's Very Large Telescope has captured direct images of a bright, Jupiter-like exoplanet after data from two European Space Agency satellites showed a gravitational pull on the planet's host star.

Half of the Very Large Array's (VLA) 28 dish antennas—each weighing 230 tons—have already been upgraded so it can collect eight simultaneous data streams at about two giga- (billion) hertz, up ...

The Very Large Telescope has a pretty nice infrared detector, called VISIR (VLT Imager and Spectrometer for mid-InfraRed). VISIR is great at taking infrared photos of the cosmos, but it's not ...