The Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile caught the very early stages of a supernova.

Chris Ashall, an assistant astronomer at the UH Mānoa Institute for Astronomy, was part of the global team that zeroed in on the stellar explosion known as SN 2024ggi. The supernova was first spotted ...

Scientists, using the Very Large Telescope, have captured the earliest stages of a supernova explosion, revealing a star 15 times the mass of our sun exploding in an olive-like shape. The study ...

When this shock reaches the surface, it releases an enormous burst of energy. The star brightens dramatically, becoming visible as a supernova. For a short period, astronomers can study the initial ...

Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed the explosive ...

The supernova was the death of a red supergiant star 500 times larger than the sun, in a galaxy just 22 million light-years ...

Astronomers have captured a first-of-its-kind image of a massive dying star.

Four lasers were directed into the skies above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal facility in Chile. Each ...

ESO's original GRAVITY interferometer had operated since 2016, incorporating a cryogenically cooled Beam Combining Instrument ...

This year, on 10 November, it is World Science Day for Peace and Development. SALT has had considerable social benefits for ...

Last week, four lasers were projected into the sky above the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Paranal site in Chile. The ...

Astronomers at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory, led by Kevin Wagner, have identified evidence for a potential ...