An unexpected shock wave ESO News

Two planets spotted forming around a young star ESO News

Mar 24, 2026 - 1:22

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed two exoplanets forming around the young...View more

What’s the true shape of a supernova? ESO News

Nov 12, 2025 - 1:24

Astronomers have observed a supernova just a day after it was first detected. In the early stages of the...View more

Rogue planet found growing at record rate ESO News

Oct 2, 2025 - 1:14

Astronomers have found an intense ‘growth spurt’ in a rogue planet –– a planet that doesn’t orbit a star....View more

Hayabusa2’s next target is smaller and faster than we thought ESO News

Sep 18, 2025 - 1:18

Astronomers have discovered that the next target for Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft, the asteroid 1998 KY26...View more

Look into the stunning RCW 38 star cluster

Feb 13, 2025 - 1:05

What lies behind this chaotic extravaganza? This video takes you on a journey across the star cluster RCW...View more

First ever binary star found near Sgr A* ESO News

Dec 17, 2024 - 1:23

Two stars have been found orbiting each other in the vicinity of Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at t...View more

First zoomed-in picture of an extragalactic star ESO News

Nov 21, 2024 - 1:27

Thanks to ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have taken the first close-up picture of...View more

Most distant rotating galaxy yet is a space oddity ESO News

Oct 7, 2024 - 1:00