Researchers observed the creation of the first specks of planet-forming material, which are hot minerals just beginning to solidify ...

Astronomers have spotted the birth of a new solar system for the very first time ever. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the ...

Previously, astronomers have observed giant planets, like Jupiter, forming in the giant discs around young stars. According ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...

Sculptor—officially labeled NGC 253—is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It's located 11 million light-years away in the Southern Hemisphere's constellation Sculptor, and ...

Using the European Southern Observatory’s accurately named Very Large Telescope and working with researchers internationally, the scientists quickly found signs of a past double detonation.

Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

The composite was created using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, and is comprised of over 100 exposures captured during a 50-hour marathon observation session.

This handout provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT).

Scientists used the European Southern Observatory 's Very Large Telescope to observe the galaxy for some 50 hours, stitching together more than 100 exposures to create the picture.