Astronomers using images taken from the Very Large Telescope (actual name) in Chile have found the biggest stars ever, with one, called R136a1, said to be 265 bigger than the Sun.

The European Space Agency yesterday released high resolution pictures from its Rosetta mission of an asteroid, Lutetia, said to be a remnant from the birth of the solar system. [Image via ESA]

The European Space Agency's 600 million euro Planck telescope, sent nearly one million miles into space, today released its first full-sky image of the universe. Image via ESA.