Tag: planetary disc

ESO Captures Sharpest View Ever of Ring Around a Dying Star
By 2016.03.09 0 Comments Read More →

ESO Captures Sharpest View Ever of Ring Around a Dying Star

From the European Southern Observatory: The Very Large Telescope Interferometer at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile has obtained the sharpest view ever of the dusty disc around an aging star. For the first time such features can be compared to those around young stars — and they look surprisingly similar. It is even possible that […]

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Stunning Image of Planet Formation from ESO
By 2014.11.07 1 Comments Read More →

Stunning Image of Planet Formation from ESO

Actual Image, Not an Artists Impression Image of HL Tauri Planetary Disc 350 Light Years Away / Credit ESO Innerspace regularly highlights images from the European Southern Observatory, particularly on Fridays, when the simple beauty of the cosmos serves as a pleasant counterbalance to the often messy struggles of a species trying to find its […]

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