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📹 ESO/P. Kervella/M. Montargès et al., Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: E. Pantin, N. Risinger (skysurvey .org).
🎧 J. B. Monell (www.johanmonell. com)
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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📷 S. Otarola/ESO #flashback 🔭
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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📷 ESO/M. Mattern, P. André et al. Background: VVV
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2008/ 

📷 ESO/Boccaletti et al.
ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth - The Twist Marks the Spot
Observations made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the telltale signs of a planetary system being born. Around the young star AB Aurigae lies a dense disc of dust and gas in which astronomers have spotted a prominent spiral structure with a ...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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📹 ESO, N. Risinger (skysurvey .org), DSS, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Benisty et al. 
🎧 Astral electronic.
December 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Credit: ESO
🧑‍💻 A. Tsaousis
📹 📷 ESO, A. Tsaousis, B. Tafreshi, S. Molyneux, F. Mac Auliffe, ALMA/NAOJ/NRAO/General Dynamics C4 Systems.
December 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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📹 ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey .org)
December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Very true! Here's a blog post we published a while back about that topic: www.eso.org/public/blog/...
ESOblog: Navigating the stars: the stories behind the Southern Cross
Navigating the stars: the stories behind the Southern Cross
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December 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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📹 ESO, N. Risinger (skysurvey .org), DSS, NASA/ESA/M. Romaniello.
🎧 Azul Cobalto
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM