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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]