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

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.

A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding ...

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

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 ...

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

The European Southern Observatory (ESO)'s Extremely Large Telescope is seen taking shape in this May 1 , 2025 photo captured directly above the construction site. Construction on ESO's Extremely ...

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

“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 ...

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.

Image: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA The SETI Institute said this week that the Very Large Array, a National Science Foundation telescope in New Mexico, will join the ...

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 ...