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WEBJun 27, 2024 · Now, using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile, researchers have found a unique signature of this process for the first time — a scar imprinted on the surface of a white dwarf star. The results are published today in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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WEBUsing the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest single star to our Sun. On this newly discovered exoplanet, which has at least half the mass of Venus, a year lasts just over three Earth days.
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WEB5 days ago · The Extremely Large Telescope: The World's Biggest Eye On The Sky.
Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our ...
WEBMay 12, 2022 · Today, at simultaneous press conferences around the world, including at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) headquarters in Germany, astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black …
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WEBESO, the European Southern Observatory, is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory. ESO provides state-of-the-art research facilities.
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WEBRead more. Prefocal Station. The ELT will employ sophisticated 'adaptive optics' technologies to compensate for the turbulence of the Earth’s atmosphere and to ensure its images are sharper than those of any other telescope.
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WEBESO’s VLT reveals the Carina Nebula's hidden secrets. VST image of the giant globular cluster Omega Centauri*. The Orion Nebula and cluster from the VLT Survey Telescope. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array …
ESO telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our …
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects ― the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope, the team monitored the central regions of our Galaxy over more than 13 years.
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WEBTestbed Asteroid Hunter Sees First Light (ESOcast 237 Light) ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere.
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WEBMay 2, 2019 · The European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is a revolutionary scientific project for a 40m-class telescope that will allow us to address many of the most pressing unsolved questions about our Universe.