European Southern Observatory
New image reveals “twisted” magnetic fields around our black hole
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Astronomers have discovered powerful “twisted” magnetic fields spiraling around the black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way, the ...
How Water Vapor Is Rewriting the Story of Planet Formation
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Researchers using the ALMA observatory have detected water vapor in the disc around a young star, in a region where planets are ...
Exoplanet-hunting instrument measures Jupiter’s wild wind speeds
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An instrument designed to study exoplanets has turned its focus to our own cosmic neighborhood to measure Jupiter’s wind speeds. Using the ...
Euclid Telescope’s First View of the Dark Universe
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The European Space Agency’s $1.4 billion Euclid space telescope is charged with revealing the dark universe—the 95% of the cosmos we don’t ...
Scientists bury time capsule to celebrate upcoming Extremely Large Telescope (photos)
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A commemorative time capsule was buried at the construction site of what will soon be the world’s largest visible and infrared light ...
Home of the world’s most powerful telescopes joins the fight against light pollution
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New standards in the fight against light pollution are helping bring darker skies to Chile — not only will this protect our ...
