A preview from NASA JPL of the December night sky: And here is more from the Hubble Space Telescope Institute: ==== Einstein’s Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes
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A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Cosmic Serpent ESO’s VLT captures details of an elaborate serpentine system sculpted by colliding stellar winds The VISIR instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured this stunning image of a newly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the latest ESO (European Southern Observatory) report: Super-Earth Orbiting Barnard’s Star Red Dots campaign uncovers compelling evidence of exoplanet around closest single star to Sun The nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) releases a new report: ALMA and MUSE Detect Galactic Fountain Observations by ALMA and data from the MUSE spectrograph on ESO’s VLT have revealed a colossal fountain of molecular gas powered by a black hole […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Suggestions from NASA JPL on what to look for in the November night sky: And here is the Hubble Space Telescope institute’s November preview: In November, look for Pisces, Aries, and Triangulum in the night sky. Also be sure to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): Most Detailed Observations of Material Orbiting close to a Black Hole ESO’s GRAVITY instrument confirms black hole status of the Milky Way centre ESO’s exquisitely sensitive GRAVITY instrument has added further […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Hubble space telescope offers a great view of the Ghost Nebula: The ghost of Cassiopeia About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a stunning and slightly eerie nebula. Also known as the ghost of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from the European Southern Observatrory (ESO): The Pirate of the Southern Skies FORS2, an instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has observed the active star-forming region NGC 2467 — sometimes referred to as the Skull and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Researchers using the Hubble telescope appear to have observed a gas-giant sized Moon orbiting an even larger planet in another star system: Hubble finds compelling evidence for a moon outside the Solar System Neptune-sized moon orbits Jupiter-sized planet Using the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
** NASA JPL posts this preview of highlights of the October night sky: ** The Hubble Space Telescope Institute provides this October preview: This October, look for Pegasus, the great winged horse of Greek mythology, prancing across the autumn night […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA): ‘FIRST WOMEN ON THE MOON’ ESSAY CONTEST RULES 100-Word Submission Due 5 October 2018 Grand Prize: All-expenses-paid participation at Galaxy Forum Hainan, China 4-7 December 2018 INTRODUCTION: The first men walked upon the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from the NASA/ESA Hubble collaboration: BUFFALO charges towards the earliest galaxies New Hubble project provides wide-field view of the galaxy cluster Abell 370 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has started a new mission to shed light on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): A Galactic Gem ESO’s FORS2 instrument captures stunning details of spiral galaxy NGC 3981 FORS2, an instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has observed the spiral galaxy NGC 3981 in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out the preview of the coming month’s night sky at NASA JPL’s What’s Up for September 2018: Outstanding views of the planets. Spot Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars with the naked eye. Then, set your sights beyond the solar […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A new report from the NASA/ESA Hubble Telescope collaboration: Hubble observes energetic lightshow at Saturn’s north pole Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space telescope have taken a series of spectacular images featuring the fluttering auroras at the north pole of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Stars v. Dust in the Carina Nebula VISTA gazes into one of the largest nebulae in the Milky Way in infrared The Carina Nebula, one of the largest and brightest nebulae in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Elliptical Elegance A glittering host of galaxies populate this rich image taken with ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, a state-of-the-art 2.6-m telescope designed for surveying the sky in visible light. The features of the multitude […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA JPL posts “What’s Up for August 2018” showing the best sights to see in the night sky for the coming month: And here is “Tonight’s Sky: August 2018” from the Hubble Space Telescope Institute: ====
The latest episode of the Planetary Society‘s Planetary Post series with Robert Picardo: Picardo visits the Space Telescope Science Institute to learn about how Hubble and the OPAL program make images of planets. Here also is an update on the Planetary […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ESO: The Very Large Telescope (VLT) makes supersharp visible light images with adaptive optics
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The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory) Supersharp Images from New VLT Adaptive Optics ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has achieved first light with a new adaptive optics mode called laser tomography — and has captured remarkably sharp test […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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