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Stunning Real Images of Planet Formation

ALMA Image Reveals Planetary Genesis, ESO “This new image from ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, reveals extraordinarily fine detail that has never been seen before in the planet-forming disc around a young star. These are the first observations that have used ALMA in its near-final configuration and the sharpest pictures ever made at submillimeter wavelengths. The new results are an enormous step forward in the observation of how protoplanetary […]

  • NASA Watch
  • November 6, 2014
Alpha Centauri B Has An Earth-Mass Planet

Earth-Mass Planet Found Orbiting Alpha Centauri B “European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of the Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system — the nearest to Earth. It is also the lightest exoplanet ever discovered around a star like the Sun. The planet was detected using the HARPS instrument on the 3.6-meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. The results will appear […]

  • NASA Watch
  • October 16, 2012
Watching a Dirty Snowball In The Night Sky

Christmas Comet Lovejoy Captured at Paranal “The recently discovered Comet Lovejoy has been captured in stunning photos and time-lapse video taken from ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The comet graced the southern sky after it had unexpectedly survived a close encounter with the Sun.”

  • NASA Watch
  • December 28, 2011
16 Super-Earths Discovered

50 New Exoplanets Discovered by HARPS including 16 New Super-Earths “Astronomers using ESO’s world-leading exoplanet hunter HARPS have today announced a rich haul of more than 50 new exoplanets, including 16 super-Earths, one of which orbits at the edge of the habitable zone of its star. By studying the properties of all the HARPS planets found so far, the team has found that about 40% of stars similar to the […]

  • NASA Watch
  • September 12, 2011
Stunning Image of VFTS 682 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

VLT Finds a Brilliant But Solitary Superstar “An extraordinarily bright isolated star has been found in a nearby galaxy — the star is three million times brighter than the Sun. All previous similar “superstars” were found in star clusters, but this brilliant beacon shines in solitary splendor. The origin of this star is mysterious: did it form in isolation or was it ejected from a cluster? Either option challenges astronomers’ […]

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  • May 27, 2011
An Interesting Extrasolar Planet Announcement Next Week

ESO: Media Telecon to Discuss Significant Exoplanet Finding “On Monday 19 October 2009, astronomers will report at the international ESO/CAUP exoplanet conference in Porto, Portugal, on a significant discovery in the field of exoplanets, obtained with the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO’s 3.6-meter telescope.” From the same authors, using the same instrument: arXiv:0906.2780: The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XVIII. […]

  • NASA Watch
  • October 15, 2009
The GalileoMobile Project

GalileoMobile: Astronomy Education On Tour Through The Andes “This week marks the beginning of the GalileoMobile Project, a two-month expedition to bring the wonder and excitement of astronomy to young people in Chile, Bolivia and Peru. Supported by ESO and partners, a group of astronomers and educators will travel through a region of the Andes Mountains aboard the GalileoMobile, offering astronomical activities, such as workshops for students and star parties […]

  • NASA Watch
  • October 6, 2009