Tag: Very Large Telescope

A new image from the VLT Survey Telescope shows a beautiful region called the Running Chicken Nebula, which makes for a striking festive scene. Located 6,500 light-years away, this region…

While the most famous planetary spot in the solar system would have to be Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, an epic storm 10,000 miles wide that has been raging for hundreds…

The ghostly Vela supernova remnant is located 800 light-years away and was created by the death of a star around 11,000 years ago.

An image from the Very Large Telescope shows a merged galaxy with the closest known pair of supermassive black holes.

A stunning image of the starburst galaxy NGC 4303 shows different elements in different colors, giving a peek into how stars form.

Something strange is happening on Neptune: Researchers have found surprising swings in the planet’s temperatures which they can’t explain.

In 2020, astronomers announced they had found the closest black hole ever. But new research suggests that the object in question in not actually a black hole.

Astronomers have discovered a planet some previously thought to be impossible, orbiting an enormous and extremely hot star system.

A new detection method has been used to discover a small black hole outside the Milky Way, paving the way for discovery of hidden black holes within our galaxy.

Astronomers have got their closest look yet at an unusually shaped asteroid orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars.