Two of the sky's more famous residents share the stage with a lesser-known neighbor in an enormous new three gigapixel image from ESO's VLT Survey Telescope (VST). On the right lies Sharpless 2-54, ...

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 is full of ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A gorgeous photo of a star-forming region of space called the Carina Nebula marks the ...

A colossal cloud of gas and dust resembling a flying bat has been photographed soaring across the southern sky by the Very ...

The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured this richly detailed new image of the Lagoon Nebula. This giant cloud of gas and dust is creating intensely bright ...

The most prominent clouds here are RCW 94, which represents the right wing of the bat, and RCW 95, which forms the body, while the other parts of the bat have no official designation. Credit: ...

A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, right in time ...

The Sh2-46 nebula has been captured by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The nebula is ...

Astronomers have spotted a ghostly visitor soaring through the Milky Way - a winged cloud of gas and dust that looks like a ...

Fittingly nicknamed the Dark Wolf Nebula, this cosmic cloud was captured in a 283-million-pixel image by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. Located around 5300 light ...