A fifth planet has been detected within the habitable zone of a neighboring star, where conditions could perhaps support liquid water and potentially life.

The cruel heat is back as southern Europe slips deeper into summer. In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief.

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max ...

With the arrival of the new "Fantastic Four: First Steps" film, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has revealed its own new superhero, a fiber optic insrument known as the 4-metre Multi-Object ...

Can one witness a new world being born, sculpting its stellar cradle as it emerges out of cosmic dust? In the spinning protoplanetary disc around HD 135344B, 440 light-years away from Earth, ...

Cyril Dupuy, the founder of smart telescope maker Vaonis, has set a new record by capturing Europe's highest-altitude image ...