In an extraordinary leap forward for astrophysics, astronomers have achieved a momentous breakthrough with the first direct ...

The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

A stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, located 11 million light-years away, painted in thousands of colors by the VLT, ...

A large, rotating protoplanetary disk of dust and gas surrounds the young star, which is 431 light-years away from us.

This week, astronomers have unveiled the most intricate and vibrant image ever captured of the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) in a ...

Scientists have discovered that something is making cosmic distance markers appear much farther away than they should be.

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial ...

Astronomers have created a galactic masterpiece: an ultra-detailed image that reveals previously unseen features in the Sculptor Galaxy. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope ...

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. The image spans ...

This photo was taken at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. Three staff members at ESO work to clean the main mirror of the 11.8 foot (3.6 meter) La Silla telescope. (Image credit: A. Silber/ESO) ...