Astronomers have managed an unprecedented look at the early stage of a supernova, a massive star's explosion and death, ...

Three of the four Auxiliary Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile that were used in this study are visible in this photo. Sandwiched between the orange glow of the sunset and ...

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Researchers use spectropolarimetry to understand what shape supernovae take when matter explodes from the surface, but it has ...

High atop the arid plateaus of Chile's Atacama Desert, one of humanity's most powerful astronomical instruments peers into the depths of the cosmos: the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Operated by the ...

Nestled at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet, atop a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert called Cerro Armazones, scientists and engineers are constructing the largest visible light and infrared ...

An international research team led by PD Dr. Florian Peissker at the University of Cologne has used the new observation ...

Mysterious nickel gas detected in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing unexpected chemistry at enormous distances from the ...

Astronomers are about to use a powerful new telescope to scan the entire southern sky. They'll take so many pictures, it will effectively create a movie to help astronomers spot anything that moves or ...

Image of the young nearby 2MASS1612 system (also known as: RIK113) taken with the ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile. The image uses near infrared light that was scattered of the dust particles ...