The European Southern Observatory has captured the clearest images yet of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS as it moves inward through the solar system.

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

New observations show a star that blew up in two separate bursts, confirming a long-suspected cosmic phenomenon called a ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, astronomers said Wednesday, capturing rare direct images ...

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

Astronomers have created the most detailed image of a galaxy of its kind ever seen. The “incredibly detailed” picture shows parts of the Sculptor Galaxy that have never been seen before. Scientists ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks like a home satellite dish on steroids. When the antennas are pointed ...

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

The James Webb telescope has captured some seriously cool direct images of a planet beyond our solar system. This is the ...

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 ...