The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has detected "a scar imprinted on the surface" of white dwarf star ...

The under construction ESO Extremely Large Telescope in Chile was captured in 2025 and 2023 with the sun rising behind it.

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists.

Here's everything you need to know about the Extremely Large Telescope, which will become the largest telescope in the world when it is completed at the end of the decade.

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

When it was completed in 1998, the Very Large Telescope was the biggest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.

High in the Chilean desert, the Extremely Large Telescope is taking shape. It promises sharper views of space than we've ever seen — but will Australian astronomers be able to use it?

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, it could detect hints of alien life around our closest neighboring star ...

The so-called "Extremely Large Telescope" is being built on a mountaintop in the Andes at an elevation of about 3,000 meters. And it really is extremely large.

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert is seen from directly above while its construction continues.

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 ...