Miguel Claro took one last look at the comet as it bid farewell to Earth for the next 80,000 years.

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System.

The first direct detection of a protoplanet confirms a long-held theory while presenting new possibilities for understanding ...

Astronomers have discovered a bright signal, embedded deep in a young disc, that is likely young planet HD 135344B still ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO, also more formally the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere) is an intergovernmental research organisation for ...

With a remarkable observational campaign that involved 12 telescopes both on the ground and in space, including three European Southern Observatory (ESO) facilities, astronomers have uncovered the ...

Jan. 4 (UPI) --The European Southern Observatory said Wednesday that its Chile-based telescope has given the clearest picture yet of the "Serpens" constellation. The constellation, named by ...

An international team of astronomers has used the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) to carefully study the star VFTS 682 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small ...

The Federative Republic of Brazil is set to become thenewest member state of the European Southern Observatory, a leading intergovernmentalastronomy organization. In a ceremony held in Brasilia ...

A massive cloud of dust and glowing gases speckled with newborn stars in the shape of a seagull shines in a stunning image captured by a telescope in Chile. A new photo from the European Southern ...