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For the first time ever, ESO astronomers have been able to capture a clear image of a star system 11 quadrillion kilometers away using the combined forces of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, …
Last week, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) teased news of an “ unprecedented discovery. ” Now, the organization has revealed that, for the first time ever, astronomers have observed both gra…
The surface of the red giant star Π¹ Gruis from PIONIER on the VLT. Credit: ESO "This is the first time that we have such a giant star that is unambiguously imaged with that level of details,&qu…
Image: The Orion Nebula shines in this VLT Survey Telescope image. ESO/G. Beccari A group of astronomers has just made an unexpected discovery within the constellation of Orion. “Checking out the da…
Have you ever seen a 9-gigapixel map of the Milky Way Galaxy? The jaw-dropping image contains around 84 million stars and it’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen. The original image has 24.6 gigabytes. H…
A new Earth-sized planet located only 11 light years away from our Solar System has just been detected by astronomers at the Earth Science Observatory or ESO. The newly discovered exoplanet, which h…
From Garching near Munich, astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have published a new picture of the Milky Way, sharper and more detailed than any other image before it, with a sta…
Broadband is to be beamed to every corner of the earth from space following the biggest rocket campaign in the history of spaceflight. The network will comprise at least 600 spacecraft in the first i…
Scientists have applied new analytical techniques to data gleaned from the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Very Large Telescope (VLT) and other telescopes over the past twenty years. This…
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has photographed a region in our galaxy 7,000 light-years away that is springing to life with new stars. The highly detailed, three-gigapixel image shows three…
On Wednesday, Aug. 24, we could find out whether or not the recent rumors of an Earth-like exoplanet existing on our interstellar doorstep are real. Ian O'Neill Discovery News 8-22-16 …
