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

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the ...

Astronomers uncover the first direct evidence for how some white dwarf stars explode, confirming the long-debated ...

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

Sculptor—officially labeled NGC 253—is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It's located 11 million light-years away in the Southern Hemisphere's constellation Sculptor, and ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

An image of the Sculptor Galaxy created using images from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO / E. Congiu et al. It’s not every day we get to see a visual of ...

Astronomers have created a galactic masterpiece: an ultra-detailed image that reveals previously unseen features in the Sculptor Galaxy. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope ...

The same goes for ground-based telescopes like the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory in Chile. While binoculars can easily capture the entire full moon, Hubble's field of view ...

Vertical view of a very large telescope | Space photo of the day for May 12, 2025 Incredible photo catches the sun rising behind the world's largest telescope ...

This image shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Regions of pink light are spread throughout this ...