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Orion's Hidden Fiery Ribbon 15 May 2013 | 11:00 am
This dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky. This orange glow represents faint light coming from grains of cold interstell...
An Anarchic Region of Star Formation 2 May 2013 | 11:00 am
The Danish 1.54-metre telescope located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a striking image of NGC 6559, an object that showcases the anarchy that reigns when stars form inside an int...
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Fried Egg Nebula cosmosfirma.blogspot.com 28 Sep 2011 | 06:00 pm
Does the universe want bacon with that? Fried Egg Nebula An international team of astronomers recently used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile to capture a unique pictur...
'Super telescope' waiting for technical fix dostbasa.blogspot.com 2 Dec 2010 | 03:43 am
(CNN) -- When the Southern African Large Telescope -- or "Salt" -- opens its shutter it offers astronomers a view far beyond its location in the vastness of South Africa's semi desert, known as the Ka...
Choose What the VLT Observes & Tweet Your Way to the VLT! vt2012.org 8 Aug 2012 | 07:00 pm
ESO builds and operates some of the most advanced telescopes on Earth including the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory. These huge machines have made many fascinating discoveries ab...
A Blue Whirlpool in The River vt2012.org 1 Aug 2012 | 02:00 pm
A new image taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the galaxy NGC 1187. This impressive spiral lies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1187 has ho...
The Brightest Stars Don't Live Alone vt2012.org 26 Jul 2012 | 10:00 pm
A new study using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has shown that most very bright high-mass stars, which drive the evolution of galaxies, do not live alone. Almost three quarters of these stars are f...
Laser Guide Star Sweeps Across a Starry Sky wwffm.org 20 Aug 2012 | 08:42 pm
A powerful laser beam from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) paints the night sky over the Chilean Atacama Desert in this stunning image taken by Julien Girard. The Earth’s rotation during the 30-minut...
Galaxy-wide echoes from the past astronomyreport.com 12 Dec 2012 | 07:00 am
A new galaxy class has been identified using observations from ESO's Very Large Telescope, the Gemini South telescope, and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Nicknamed 'green bean galaxies' because o...
Is there anybody out there? cranfield.ac.uk 11 Feb 2013 | 09:10 am
Cranfield University has this week completed the grinding of mirror segments to be used for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) – the largest optical telescope in the world.
¿El nacimiento de un planeta gigante? cienciakanija.com 9 Mar 2013 | 08:25 am
Artículo publicado el 28 de febrero de 2013 en ESO Utilizando el telescopio VLT (Very Large Telescope) de ESO, un equipo de astrónomos ha obtenido lo que parece ser la primera observación directa de u...
A Ghostly Green Bubble eso.cl 10 Apr 2013 | 11:00 am
This intriguing new picture from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295 surrounding a dim and dying star located about 3300 light-years away in the constellation o...
