Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI)
The First Close-Up Picture of Star Outside the Milky Way
Like a performer preparing for their big finale, a distant star is shedding its outer layers and preparing to explode…
Three Iron Rings Around A Star Show Where Planets are Forming
Researchers using the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) have found three iron rings around a young star about 500…
Ground-Based Telescope Directly Observes the Atmosphere of an Extrasolar Planet, and Sees Swirling Clouds of Iron and Silicates
We've finally got our first optical look at an exoplanet and its atmosphere, and boy is it a strange place.…
Next Generation Telescopes Could Use “Teleportation” to Take Better Images
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, quantum mechanics may allow for some truly-cutting edge astronomy…
This is the Surface of a Giant Star, 350 Times Larger Than the Sun
Using the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, an international team of astronomers has created the first detailed images of another…
New Study of Antares Creates the Best Map Ever of a Distant Star
A new research study by a group of astronomers, based on observation using the VLTI, has created the most detailed…
Dust In The Wind… Black Hole Style
Over the years, researchers have taken myriad observations of black holes and their environs, but now ESO's Very Large Telescope…