• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 25th, 2014
Advanced Adaptive Optics Laser for the VLT Completed

Advanced Adaptive Optics Laser for the VLT Completed

This tool will enable extremely detailed observations with this telescope

A Circle Full of Stars over the Very Large Telescope – Photo

A Circle Full of Stars over the Very Large Telescope – Photo

ESO releases new image of deep space snapped at Cerro Paranal

Milky Way Arches Gracefully over Paranal Observatory – Photo

Milky Way Arches Gracefully over Paranal Observatory – Photo

The galactic core is clearly visible from the Southern Hemisphere

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 12th, 2014
Largest Yellow Hypergiant Star in the Universe Discovered

Largest Yellow Hypergiant Star in the Universe Discovered

The object is one of the ten largest stars ever found at all

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 7th, 2014
Clump of Carbon Monoxide Gas Found Orbiting Young Star

Clump of Carbon Monoxide Gas Found Orbiting Young Star

Astronomers propose a new explanation on why it still exists

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 5th, 2014
New VLT Instrument to Study Mechanisms of Galaxy Formation

New VLT Instrument to Study Mechanisms of Galaxy Formation

MUSE is now installed on Unit Telescope 4 at Cerro Paranal

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 4th, 2014
Three Quarters of All Stars May Have Exoplanets in Orbit

Three Quarters of All Stars May Have Exoplanets in Orbit

Virtually all red dwarfs have at least one companion

ESO Sees Bright Star Cluster with Chile-Based Telescope

ESO Sees Bright Star Cluster with Chile-Based Telescope

This particular cluster is a very important astronomical target

VST Captures Gaia Heading for the L2 Lagrangian Point

VST Captures Gaia Heading for the L2 Lagrangian Point

The telescope has since entered its correct orbit around Earth

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 8th, 2014
Asteroids Have Highly-Varied Internal Structures

Asteroids Have Highly-Varied Internal Structures

Advanced ESO telescope is the first to make this discovery

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 30th, 2014
Brown Dwarf Weather Patterns Revealed for the First Time

Brown Dwarf Weather Patterns Revealed for the First Time

These objects force the definitions of both stars and gas giants

Beautiful Lagoon Nebula Shines in New ESO Image

Beautiful Lagoon Nebula Shines in New ESO Image

Telescope captures this image as part of a much bigger picture

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 15th, 2014
Exoplanet Found Orbiting Rare Solar Twin

Exoplanet Found Orbiting Rare Solar Twin

The star is nearly identical to the Sun in all respects

ESO Releases Panoramic Image of ALMA Observatory

ESO Releases Panoramic Image of ALMA Observatory

Many of the telescope's antennas are visible in this photograph

This Is How the Bright Night Sky Looks like in Chile

This Is How the Bright Night Sky Looks like in Chile

Amazing photo shows the Milky Way and the Moon over Paranal

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 16th, 2013
Failed Star System Nearby May Host Exoplanet

Failed Star System Nearby May Host Exoplanet

Calculations revealed a third object around the binary

Star Trails Backdrop the Impressive Very Large Telescope

Star Trails Backdrop the Impressive Very Large Telescope

The image was collected over the arid Atacama Desert

 
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