For the first time, scientists have found strong evidence of a "polar planet"—a planet whose orbit is tilted at 90 degrees ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first ...

The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope observed asteroid 2024 YR4 in Jan. 2025. The probability of the ...

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

The telescope sits about 12 miles away from the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), which sits atop the Cerro Paranal mountaintop. The site was chosen for its ...

The below image, captured by the European Southern Observatory's "Very Large Telescope" (great name) in northern Chile, gives us a look at the vibrant planetary nebula known as NGC 2899.

Astronomers have discovered a planet that orbits at a 90-degree angle around a rare pair of strange stars. The brown dwarfs ...

Though still only in the prototype stage, this flat lens could one day be used on space telescopes, and perhaps even on amateur telescopes.

Marconcini et al. A distant galaxy is home to a ravenous supermassive black hole that appears to be playing with its food in a lively new image from the Very Large Telescope. The photo suggests ...