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march 27, 2024 - e.s.o.

A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organised magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Seen...



january 10, 2024 - e.s.o.

Astronomers have found a direct link between the explosive deaths of massive stars and the formation of the most compact and enigmatic objects in the Universe — black holes and neutron stars. With the...



july 11, 2023 - e.s.o.

The European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ESO’s ELT) is a revolutionary ground-based telescope that will have a 39-metre main mirror and will be the largest telescope in the world...



june 27, 2023 - e.s.o.

This cloud of orange and red, part of the Sh2-284 nebula, is shown here in spectacular detail using data from the VLT Survey Telescope, hosted by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). This nebula i...



may 03, 2023 - e.s.o.

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints left by the explosion of the first stars in the Universe. They detected three distant gas clouds whos...



april 27, 2023 - e.s.o.

For the first time, astronomers have observed, in the same image, the shadow of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) and the powerful jet expelled from it. The observations were...



march 29, 2023 - e.s.o.

Using the #atacamalargemillimetersubmillimeterarray (ALMA), of which #eso is a partner, astronomers have discovered a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around the Spiderwe...



march 21, 2023 - e.s.o.

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), two teams of astronomers have observed the aftermath of the collision between NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft and the asteroid Dimorph...



march 08, 2023 - e.s.o.

Using the #atacamalargemillimetersubmillimeterarray (ALMA), astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star #v883orionis. This water carries a chemical signature tha...



november 30, 2022 - e.s.o.

Earlier this year, the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) was alerted after an unusual source of visible light had been detected by a survey telescope. The VLT, together ...



november 10, 2022 - e.s.o.

For the past 60 years the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has been enabling scientists worldwide to discover the secrets of the Universe. We mark this milestone by bringing you a spectacular new i...



april 20, 2022 - e.s.o.

Celebrating Hubble’s 32nd Birthday with a Galaxy Grouping19 April 2022The #nasaesahubblespacetelescope is celebrating its 32nd birthday with a stunning look at an unusual close-knit collection of five...



april 19, 2022 - e.s.o.

Astronomers discover micronovae, a new kind of stellar explosion20 April 2022A team of astronomers, with the help of the #europeansouthernobservatorysverylargetelescope (ESO’s VLT), have observed a ne...



march 02, 2022 - e.s.o.

In 2020 a team led by European Southern Observatory (ESO) astronomers reported the closest black hole to Earth, located just 1000 light-years away in the HR 6819 system. But the results of their study...



february 16, 2022 - e.s.o.

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI) has observed a cloud of cosmic dust at the centre of the galaxy Messier 77 that is hiding a supermassive black hole...