Streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ESOobservatory/
📷 Iztok Boncina/ESO
Streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ESOobservatory/
📷 Iztok Boncina/ESO
The star underwent an unprecedented dimming in late 2019 and early 2020. Observations later revealed that it was caused by a dusty veil shading the star, due to a drop in temperature on the star's surface.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2109/ 🔭
The star underwent an unprecedented dimming in late 2019 and early 2020. Observations later revealed that it was caused by a dusty veil shading the star, due to a drop in temperature on the star's surface.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2109/ 🔭
Get the image: https://www.eso.org/public/images/nik2317-cc/
Get the image: https://www.eso.org/public/images/nik2317-cc/
As this is a rolling position, there is no application deadline.
Details at: https://recruitment.eso.org/
Background image by ESO
As this is a rolling position, there is no application deadline.
Details at: https://recruitment.eso.org/
Background image by ESO
They wanted to find out whether denser clouds of gas and dust are more efficient at forming new stars
Here's what they discovered: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2601a/
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They wanted to find out whether denser clouds of gas and dust are more efficient at forming new stars
Here's what they discovered: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2601a/
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What looks like a vortex of fire is in reality a disc around the young AB Aurigae star.
Close to the centre, the ‘twist’ (in very bright yellow) marks the spot where scientists believe a planet is forming. 🔭
What looks like a vortex of fire is in reality a disc around the young AB Aurigae star.
Close to the centre, the ‘twist’ (in very bright yellow) marks the spot where scientists believe a planet is forming. 🔭
The final shot shows an ALMA image of the PDS 70 system, where a moon-forming disc is visible around planet PDS 70c.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2111/ 🔭
The final shot shows an ALMA image of the PDS 70 system, where a moon-forming disc is visible around planet PDS 70c.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2111/ 🔭
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1630a/
🔭 #flashback
📷 ESO/F. Ferraro
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1630a/
🔭 #flashback
📷 ESO/F. Ferraro
Once a joint project of the Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), the Onsala Space Observatory and ESO, APEX now becomes a project solely of the MPIfR.
www.eso.org/public/video...
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Once a joint project of the Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), the Onsala Space Observatory and ESO, APEX now becomes a project solely of the MPIfR.
www.eso.org/public/video...
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Streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ESOobservatory/
📷 B. Wilmart/ESO
Streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ESOobservatory/
📷 B. Wilmart/ESO
The powerful light and strong winds from these massive new arrivals are shaping light-year long pillars.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0926/ 🔭
📷 ESO
The powerful light and strong winds from these massive new arrivals are shaping light-year long pillars.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0926/ 🔭
📷 ESO
Wolf–Rayet stars are hot and massive, and are thought to end in dramatic supernova explosions.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2115/ 🔭
Wolf–Rayet stars are hot and massive, and are thought to end in dramatic supernova explosions.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2115/ 🔭
Yet it does, on very rare occasions, snow, as shown in this 2011 image of our VLT at Cerro Paranal ❄️ 🌨️
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1211a/
🔭 #flashback
📷 ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard)
Yet it does, on very rare occasions, snow, as shown in this 2011 image of our VLT at Cerro Paranal ❄️ 🌨️
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1211a/
🔭 #flashback
📷 ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard)
With all the discoveries made, milestones achieved & pictures captured, 2025 has been another successful year. We're excitedly looking ahead for the next one to come.
Until then, we wish you restful holidays and a happy new year!
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📹 ESO
With all the discoveries made, milestones achieved & pictures captured, 2025 has been another successful year. We're excitedly looking ahead for the next one to come.
Until then, we wish you restful holidays and a happy new year!
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📹 ESO
Read about the groundbreaking ceremony: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2521
Discover CTAO with #ChasingStarlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKRazLrvUNQ
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Read about the groundbreaking ceremony: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2521
Discover CTAO with #ChasingStarlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKRazLrvUNQ
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Originally, astronomers believed these were areas with no stars. But dark nebulae actually consist of clouds of interstellar dust so thick it can block out the light from the stars beyond.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1233/ 🔭
📷 ESO
Originally, astronomers believed these were areas with no stars. But dark nebulae actually consist of clouds of interstellar dust so thick it can block out the light from the stars beyond.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1233/ 🔭
📷 ESO
This cluster harbours the first small black hole outside of our galaxy to be discovered by looking at its gravitational influence on the path of the star orbiting it
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2116/ 🔭
This cluster harbours the first small black hole outside of our galaxy to be discovered by looking at its gravitational influence on the path of the star orbiting it
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2116/ 🔭
Installed at La Silla, it will observe fleeting cosmic events such as supernovae explosions or fast-moving asteroids.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25011/
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#instrumentation
📷 P. Schipani/INAF
Installed at La Silla, it will observe fleeting cosmic events such as supernovae explosions or fast-moving asteroids.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25011/
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#instrumentation
📷 P. Schipani/INAF
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/uhd_img6931_bt_cc/
🔭 #flashback
📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/uhd_img6931_bt_cc/
🔭 #flashback
📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
Streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ESOobservatory/
📷 ESO/H.H.Heyer
Streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ESOobservatory/
📷 ESO/H.H.Heyer
That’s a challenge we're tackling to allow the ELT to catch the faintest cosmic signals. The solution are giant custom cryogenic facilities, built on an unprecedented scale.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms19...
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#instrumentation
That’s a challenge we're tackling to allow the ELT to catch the faintest cosmic signals. The solution are giant custom cryogenic facilities, built on an unprecedented scale.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms19...
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#instrumentation
Star clusters like NGC 3293 contain stars that all formed at the same time and out of the same cloud of gas and dust. Hence, they are ideal for testing stellar evolution.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1422/ 🔭
Star clusters like NGC 3293 contain stars that all formed at the same time and out of the same cloud of gas and dust. Hence, they are ideal for testing stellar evolution.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1422/ 🔭
ESO signed an agreement with the IAU's Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky to become a contributing partner.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25010/
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📷 A. Daniels (SKAO)
ESO signed an agreement with the IAU's Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky to become a contributing partner.
https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25010/
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📷 A. Daniels (SKAO)
In it, two supermassive black holes are on a collision course. One has a mass almost 154 million times that of the Sun, while its companion is 6.3 million solar masses.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2117/ 🔭
In it, two supermassive black holes are on a collision course. One has a mass almost 154 million times that of the Sun, while its companion is 6.3 million solar masses.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2117/ 🔭
The white blob in the upper left is Jupiter, while the red ones are Barnard's loop in the upper part and Gum Nebula in the middle.
Discover the others: https://www.eso.org/public/images/150123-24_atacama_fullfr_cc/
🔭 #flashback
The white blob in the upper left is Jupiter, while the red ones are Barnard's loop in the upper part and Gum Nebula in the middle.
Discover the others: https://www.eso.org/public/images/150123-24_atacama_fullfr_cc/
🔭 #flashback