From the European Southern Observatory comes a series of images of what is described as a “lonely galaxy,” a description which may be as fitting as it is evocative. The images, which were taken by ESO’s OmegaCAM on the VLT Survey Telescope, shows the dwarf galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) which was first discovered in 1909 but not […]
Nature.com unveils new research (and a map) revealing our place in the universe. They call it Laniakea, which means “immeasurable heaven” in Hawaiian. Video helps.
Image Credit: VLT Survey Telescope, ESO Always nice to end the week with an observation from the wildly prolific European Southern Observatory. Source: ESO Top News “The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured a beautifully detailed image of the galaxy Messier 33. This nearby spiral, the second closest large […]
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