How did the universe begin? A compact NASA space telescope that uses less power than a refrigerator is poised to chip away at ...

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured imagery of young star system HH 1177 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: ESO ...

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 ...

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 ...

For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But ...

The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star.

The first telescopes refracted light, and today reflectors dominate, but there is a third way to make light focus, and it ...

NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after ...

How did the universe begin? A compact NASA space telescope that uses less power than a refrigerator is poised to chip away at that very large question. Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a ...

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 ...

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 ...