The Latest Breaking News from ESO

Stunning photos show bright comet lighting up the dark skies above ESO'sParanal Observatory, future home of the world's largest telescope.

The mighty telescope is expected to see its "first light" by 2028.

In recent decades, we’ve learnt huge amounts about the universe and its history. The rapidly developing technology of telescopes – both on Earth and in space – has been a key part of this process, and those that are due to start operating over the next two decades should push…

A new telescope image reveals in intricate detail a slice of a well-studied faraway stellar nursery.

A 13-year survey conducted by the VISTA telescope has resulted in the creation of the most detailed Milky Way map ever. It contains a stunning 1.5 billion objects.

A galaxy is robbed of its gas and stars in a new image from the European Southern Observatory.

New operator, Neso, will also oversee Great Britain’s gas system as part of ‘clean energy superpower’ mission

Studio director Matt Firor and creative director Rich Lambert say ESO's early struggles ultimately made for a better game.

A new photo shows the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope beneath a star-studded sky at sunset, illuminated by a phenomenon known as the zodiacal light.