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Dark Nebula Hides Star Birth
Dark nebulas, or dark clouds in space are intriguing because they appear to be “holes” in the sky where there…
So. Many. Stars…
Infrared image of globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) captured by ESO’s VISTA telescope. "My god, it's full of stars!" said…
The Paranal and the Shadow of the Earth
This beautiful photo, taken by ESO photo ambassador Babak Tafreshi, shows the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope array and VISTA…
Makemake’s Mysteriously Missing Atmosphere
Artist's impression of the surface of Makemake, a dwarf planet beyond Pluto (ESO/L. Calçada/Nick Risinger) It turns out there's no…
New Rogue Planet Found, Closest to our Solar System
This artist’s impression shows the free-floating planet CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/P. Delorme/Nick Risinger/R. Saito/VVV Consortium Rogue planets – also…
Astrophoto: Deep Sky Treasury
The view of the Paranal Observatory: Credit: ESO/Babak Tafreshi A new image captures the stunning view of the night sky…
A Primer on Cosmic Sprinklers
The planetary nebula Fleming 1, as seen with ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/H. Boffin The neat thing about planetary…
Zoom Through 84 Million Stars in Gigantic New 9-Gigapixel Image
The image above is a portion of a new gigantic nine-gigapixel image from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s…
Next Door Neighbors? Earth-Sized Planet Discovered in Nearest Star System to Us
Artist’s impression of the planet around Alpha Centauri B. Credit: ESO Astronomers have discovered an enticing new planet that could…
Dying Star Blows Surprising Spiral Bubble
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA, astronomers found an unexpected spiral structure surrounding the red giant star R…