A breathtaking new image of the RCW 38 star cluster showcases a cosmic nursery bursting with color, light, and energy.

A new breakthrough in cosmic mapping has unveiled the structure of a colossal filament, part of the vast cosmic web that connects galaxies. Dark matter and gas shape these filaments, but their faint ...

By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), they found powerful winds carrying chemical elements like iron and titanium ...

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

The researchers peered through the atmosphere of WASP-121b, an exoplanet also called Tylos, by combining all four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory’s Chile-based Very Large ...

The researchers peered through the atmosphere of WASP-121b, a planet also called Tylos, by combining all four telescope units of the European Southern Observatory's Chile-based Very Large Telescope, ...

The area is home to the Paranal Observatory, which houses the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, used by astronomers to search the Milky Way with "unparalleled clarity ...

The Einstein ring was discovered when Collett and his team studied NGC 6505, an oval-shaped galaxy located around 600 million ...

The spectrographs, employed on two of the European Southern Observatory’s telescopes in Chile, were able to measure the planet’s gravitational effect on its parent star on its unusual orbit in ...

The team said they mapped the weather on the planet WASP-127b using the CRIRES+ instrument — which consists of both a spectrograph and an adaptive optics system — on the European Southern ...

It is a 1.45 billion euros ($1.51 billion) project of the European Southern Observatory intergovernmental research organization. "It's going to impact practically all areas of astronomy.

Tom joined Newsweek in August 2024 from BBC Science Focus and has previously worked at the European Southern Observatory. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, where he obtained a ...