European Southern Observatory

Quasars are the extremely bright cores of galaxies, powered by supermassive black holes at their centres.

Astronomers have been able to observe a supermassive black hole waking up and setting the heart of its host galaxy alight for the first time, the European Southern Observatory said on Tuesday.

The object was hiding in plain sight for several decades before it was discovered.

In a recent study, scientists used data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope to reveal the true colours of the two ice planets.

The astronomers also discovered an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to the dark spot.

The team spotted a cloud of debris that might be sharing the orbit of one of the two exoplanets known to orbit the young star PDS 70.

The findings could give researchers a better view of what happened when the first stars formed after the Big Bang.

Scientists said the study suggests that other planetary systems should have received large amounts of water too.

The photo of the nebula was clicked by the ESO's Very Large Telescope to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

The aftermath of a large star's explosive death is seen in an image released on Monday by the European Southern Observatory, showing immense filaments of brightly shining gas that was blasted into space during the supernova. Before exploding at the end of its life cycle, the star is believed to have had a mass at least eight times greater than our ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has captured an explosion occurring at the Cartwheel galaxy. The supernova, dubbed as SN2021afdx, has been identified as a Type II supernova.

The astronomers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile to spot this exoplanet

A giant planet, 10 times the size of Jupiter and orbiting a pair of massive stars, has been discovered using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope.

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have discovered two supermassive black holes located in the constellation Aquarius, which is about 89 million light-years away from Earth.

Scientists in France have for the first time seen the incandescent filaments of hydrogen gas known as the "cosmic web”. Eight months of observation with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and a year of data crunching revealed the filaments as they existed only one to two billion years after the Big Bang.

Quasars are the extremely bright cores of galaxies, powered by supermassive black holes at their centres.

Astronomers have been able to observe a supermassive black hole waking up and setting the heart of its host galaxy alight for the first time, the European Southern Observatory said on Tuesday.

The object was hiding in plain sight for several decades before it was discovered.

In a recent study, scientists used data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope to reveal the true colours of the two ice planets.

The astronomers also discovered an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to the dark spot.

The team spotted a cloud of debris that might be sharing the orbit of one of the two exoplanets known to orbit the young star PDS 70.

The findings could give researchers a better view of what happened when the first stars formed after the Big Bang.

Scientists said the study suggests that other planetary systems should have received large amounts of water too.

The photo of the nebula was clicked by the ESO's Very Large Telescope to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

The aftermath of a large star's explosive death is seen in an image released on Monday by the European Southern Observatory, showing immense filaments of brightly shining gas that was blasted into space during the supernova. Before exploding at the end of its life cycle, the star is believed to have had a mass at least eight times greater than our ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has captured an explosion occurring at the Cartwheel galaxy. The supernova, dubbed as SN2021afdx, has been identified as a Type II supernova.

The astronomers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile to spot this exoplanet

A giant planet, 10 times the size of Jupiter and orbiting a pair of massive stars, has been discovered using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope.

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have discovered two supermassive black holes located in the constellation Aquarius, which is about 89 million light-years away from Earth.

Scientists in France have for the first time seen the incandescent filaments of hydrogen gas known as the "cosmic web”. Eight months of observation with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and a year of data crunching revealed the filaments as they existed only one to two billion years after the Big Bang.