• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 27th, 2010
New Black Hole Is the Most Distant to Date

New Black Hole Is the Most Distant to Date

It was left behind by an exploding star

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2010
ESO Images Amazing 'Cat's Paw' Nebula

ESO Images Amazing 'Cat's Paw' Nebula

It is a stellar nursery

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 13th, 2010
Exoplanetary Light Observed Directly

Exoplanetary Light Observed Directly

For the first time ever

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 11th, 2009
VISTA Telescope Begins Science Mission

VISTA Telescope Begins Science Mission

It's operated by ESO

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 4th, 2009
Adaptive Optics Reveal Young Star Cluster

Adaptive Optics Reveal Young Star Cluster

An ESO telescope has been behind the observations

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2009
Supermassive Black Holes Can Build Galaxies

Supermassive Black Holes Can Build Galaxies

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific study

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 17th, 2009
Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae Possibly Discovered

Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae Possibly Discovered

These stars are essential to dark energy studies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 3rd, 2009
The Cosmic 'Skeleton' Revealed

The Cosmic 'Skeleton' Revealed

Matter is not distributed uniformly

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 19th, 2009
Astronomers Find 32 New Exoplanets

Astronomers Find 32 New Exoplanets

The total number exceeds 400

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 14th, 2009
Astronomers Image Barnard's Galaxy

Astronomers Image Barnard's Galaxy

It is a part of the Local Galaxy Group

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 14th, 2009
European Initiative to Vitalize Astronomical Research

European Initiative to Vitalize Astronomical Research

Vast amounts of data will be made available online

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 28th, 2009
Third and Final ESO Milky Way Map Released

Third and Final ESO Milky Way Map Released

It completes efforts to image the galaxy in great detail

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 21st, 2009
Second GigaGalaxy Zoom Image Available

Second GigaGalaxy Zoom Image Available

It has been obtained by experts at ESO

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 16th, 2009
First Rocky Exoplanet Identified

First Rocky Exoplanet Identified

It has five times the mass of the Earth

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 15th, 2009
ESO Puts Together Interactive Milky-Way Map

ESO Puts Together Interactive Milky-Way Map

The feature has required a painstaking effort

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 19th, 2009
'Hellish' Binary System Found in Embedded Cluster

'Hellish' Binary System Found in Embedded Cluster

Astronomers first thought a single star was there

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 6th, 2009
Star Imaged as It Constructs Own Nebula

Star Imaged as It Constructs Own Nebula

The process has never been witnessed before

 
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