‘First Stone’ ceremony signals beginning of super telescope’s construction

The European Extremely Large Telescope will observe the universe in unprecedented detail on top of a mountain in northern Chile

Large telescope captures baby planets sculpting dusty discs

Sharp new observations have revealed striking features in planet-forming regions around young stars

Similar in size and temperature to Venus and Earth, the exoplanets are the best targets so far in our search for life

Astronomers using the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory have discovered a previously unknown component of our galaxy

An unfamiliar region of one of our closest neighbours – the Large Magellanic Cloud – has been imaged for the very first time.