A suspected planet that appears well-suited to life has had its existence confirmed – and it’s very much in our neighborhood, ...

Astronomers are raising concerns about the impact of light pollution from a renewable energy project on the world’s most ...

European researchers based in Geneva discovered the planet “E” in the Gliese 581 solar system after four years of observations from the La Silla observatory’s 3.6-meter ESO telescope and the ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by ...

Horálek—who took a landmark image of the 2019 total solar eclipse from the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory—was in Mexico to see and photograph the total solar eclipse.

European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Chile’s Cerro La Silla Some 127 light years away in the constellation of Hydrus, a new solar system has been discovered by a team of astronomers at the ...

Venus is shining brightly over the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile. What is that bright white star in the sky? Whether you’re an early riser or you’ve been ...

ESO/F. Kamphues The discovery was made at the La Silla Observatory in Chile Lead author of the study describing the find, Xavier Bonfils, from the Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics in ...

From the La Silla Observatory in the mountains of Chile, Naef and his colleagues have stolen glimpses of the dance for months. But for much of that time their view was blocked by clouds ...

The results obtained from these observations were confirmed by data from other instruments also specialized in exoplanet hunting: HARPS at ESO's La Silla Observatory, HARPS-N and CARMENES.

An image of Omega Centauri — the largest known globular cluster — hosting ~10 million stars, captured by ESO’s La Silla Observatory. Credit: ESO Most of these massive star clusters are found orbiting ...