VLT : Science World Report

Mar 28, 2017 04:12 AM EDT

Very Large Telescope Spotted Stars Form Within Strong Winds Of Blasted Materials From Violent Supermassive Black Holes

New baby stars were being born within the winds of material discharged from the intense supermassive black holes in the core of merging galaxies.

Jan 13, 2016 01:30 PM EST

Shadowy Galaxies' Size, 40 Year-Old Mystery Revealed

Researchers found ancient cold gas clouds that are larger than some galaxies in the early universe

Jan 13, 2016 10:18 AM EST

New GRAVITY Instrument May Probe the Physics of Supermassive Black Holes

A newly installed instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope may tell scientists quite a bit about black holes.

Dec 21, 2015 04:17 PM EST

Twisted Magnetic Fields Reveals New Insights On Star Formation

A new study on twisted magnetic fields is giving researchers new insights on star formation.

Dec 10, 2015 02:58 PM EST

'Ghost' Cluster May Reveal the Origins of the Milky Way Galaxy

Scientists have spotted a few ancient clusters hidden behind younger stars and are understanding the beginnings of our galaxy.

Oct 21, 2015 10:21 AM EDT

Hottest and Most Massive 'Kissing' Binary Stars are Headed for Catastrophe

Scientists have discovered the hottest and most massive double star to date.

Sep 14, 2015 07:18 AM EDT

Birth of a Planetary System Witnessed by Astronomers Peering into its 'Amniotic Sac'

Astronomers are taking a closer look at the birth of a planetary system.

Jul 03, 2015 06:57 AM EDT

Birth of a Giant Planet Witnessed with the Very Large Telescope

Scientists may have observed the birth of a planet. Researchers have used data from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to watch a young gas planet orbiting a star designated HD 100546.

Jun 10, 2015 09:04 AM EDT

ESO Very Large Telescope Captures Butterfly-like Nebula Emerging from a Dying Star

Scientists have snapped some of the sharpest images to date with ESO's Very Large Telescope. Now, they've caught what appears to be an aging star giving birth to a butterfly-like planetary nebula.

Mar 12, 2015 06:08 AM EDT

VLT Captures Stunning New Image of Baby Stars in the Constellation Ara

Scientists have captured a spectacular new image of the southern constellation of Ara with the help of the VLT Survey Telescope in Chile.

Feb 27, 2015 06:33 AM EST

Astronomers Capture Best Ever 3D View of the Universe with MUSE

Scientists have caught the best ever 3D glimpse of the universe with the help of the MUSE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope.

Jan 29, 2015 06:36 AM EST

Mysterious Cometary Globule, 'God's Hand,' is Captured in a Spectacular New Image

ESO's Very Large Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of the cometary globule CG4, which glows in fiery reds and oranges in the photo. This faint object is actually a nebula, and was first spotted in 1976.