New images of a young star, 2MASSJ1612, could have captured the birth of a giant gas planet larger than Jupiter.

A newly formed planet may have been discovered by astronomers after identifying what seems to be a gas giant in a ...

When it was completed in 1998, the Very Large Telescope was the biggest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The Very Large Telescope has captured a new planet forming around star RIK 113, offering unprecedented detail into the ...

This might sound like an obvious thing for a professional stargazer to say. But astrophysicist Federica Bianco was reacting ...

An international team of astronomers, led by University of Galway, has discovered the likely site of a new planet in ...

This image, taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows the nearby galaxy NGC 4254. NGC 4254 is a grand-design spiral galaxy located ...

The dazzling full moon sets behind the Very Large Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert in this photo released June 7, 2010 by the European Southern Observatory. The moon appears larger than normal ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert is seen from directly above while its construction continues. | Credit: ESO/G / Vecchia The European Southern ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A baby planet was just spotted by scientists using the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

“A VLA antenna and an ngVLA antenna look very different because they are ... yes of the astronomical community. But whether big-science telescopes, radio or otherwise, will survive the ...