The Latest Breaking News from ESO

Construction of the world's largest telescope moves forward with progress of the dome and housing for the primary mirror.

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…

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.

The dome enclosing the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope is taking shape with the installation of protective siding and supports for the primary mirror.

From exoplanets to the galaxies in the early universe, there's little that large telescopes on Earth can't see.

Taken from the VLT in the Chilean Atacama Desert, this picture makes the universe look fishy

The Gum 3 nebula, which resembles a swimming koi fish, is captured in a stunning new photo from the European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope.

Construction of the Extremely Large Telescope has reached another milestone, with the completion of its dome's steel skeleton. A new image of the site includes a stunning view of the Milky Way.