Artists Impression of Stellar Fatal Attraction / Image Credit : ESO From the European Southern Observatory: “Astronomers using ESO facilities in combination with telescopes in the Canary Islands have identified two surprisingly massive stars at the heart of the planetary nebula Henize 2-428. As they orbit each other the two stars are expected to slowly […]
Image Credit: ESO Another “Beautiful Universe” Friday from the European Southern Observatory. As always, it is worth a click on the site to get the expandable image. European Southern Observatory Top News: Lupus 4, a spider-shaped blob of gas and dust, blots out background stars like a dark cloud on a moonless night in this […]
Another contribution from the European Southern Observatory in Chile. Original Caption: “This image, captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows two dramatic star formation regions in the southern Milky Way. The first is of these, on the left, is dominated by the star cluster NGC 3603, located 20 […]
For the first time ever, astronomers may have captured a direct image of a planet being born. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in conjunction with the Hubble Space Telescope, an international team based in Switzerland found what appears to be the birth of gas giant planet around the star HD 100546, 335 light years away from Earth. The […]
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