Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three of the VLT's massive domes were recently treated to this view of the Milky Way. Above the observatory, a soft green and red ...

In Chile's Atacama Desert, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is under construction on the summit of Cerro Armazones, at an elevation of 3,000 meters. The ELT, featuring the largest primary mirror in ...

The day before my thesis examination, my friend and radio astronomer Joe Callingham showed me an image we'd been awaiting for five long years—an infrared photo of two dying stars we'd requested from ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that surrounds its young host star. Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), they ...

Recently discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have been captured using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...

It's a reminder of why preserving pristine night skies remains essential for both astronomy and human wonder. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...