Paranal
Existing Telescopes Could Directly Observe ‘ExoEarths…’ with a Few Tweaks
One proposal offers a unique method to directly image ExoEarths, or rocky worlds around nearby stars.
Rare Images of Red Sprites Captured at ESO
At the ESO's observatories located high in the Atacama Desert of Chile, amazing images of distant objects in the Universe are…
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…
How to Measure a Hot Jupiter
An international team of astronomers has figured out a way to determine details of an exoplanet's atmosphere from 50 light-years…
How Do The Biggest Telescopes Work?
[/caption] Located high in the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert, the enormous telescopes of the European Southern Observatory have been…
VISTA View Is Chock Full Of Galaxies
[/caption] See all those tiny points of light in this image? Most of them aren't stars; they're entire galaxies, seen…
Erasure and VLT Team Up for ESO’s 50th Anniversary
[/caption] British synthpop band Erasure released a video today featuring lead singer Andy Bell in front of the telescopes of…
New VLT Survey Telescope Opens Wide Eyes to the Universe
[/caption] There's a new telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile and what big eyes it has! The VLT Survey…