{"id":17360,"date":"2018-12-19T10:03:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17360"},"modified":"2018-12-19T10:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:03:09","slug":"carnival-of-space-591-nextbigfuture-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17360","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of Space #591 \u2013 NextBigFuture.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Carnival of Space 591 \u2013 NextBigFuture.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/\">NextBigFuture.com<\/a> hosts the latest <a title=\"Carnival of Space 591 \u2013 NextBigFuture.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2018\/12\/carnival-of-space-591.html\">Carnival of Space<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17361\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1839b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17361\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17361\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eso1839b1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,697\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;SPECULOOS Team\/E. Jehin\/ESO&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This first light image from the Europa telescope at the SPECULOOS Southern Observatory (SSO) shows the heart of the Carina Nebula. The SSO is installed at ESO\\u2019s Paranal Observatory in the vast Atacama Desert, Chile, and consists of four 1-metre planet-hunting telescopes. The project\\u2019s telescopes are named after Jupiter\\u2019s Galilean moons, and are neighbours of ESO&#039;s Very Large Telescope and VISTA. SPECULOOS will focus on detecting Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby ultra-cool stars and brown dwarfs.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1544011200&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;First Light for SPECULOOS Southern Observatory\\u2019s Europa Telesc&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"First Light for SPECULOOS Southern Observatory\u2019s Europa Telesc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This first light image from the Europa telescope at the SPECULOOS Southern Observatory (SSO) shows the heart of the Carina Nebula. The SSO is installed at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory in the vast Atacama Desert, Chile, and consists of four 1-metre planet-hunting telescopes. The project\u2019s telescopes are named after Jupiter\u2019s Galilean moons, and are neighbours of ESO&amp;#8217;s Very Large Telescope and VISTA. SPECULOOS will focus on detecting Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby ultra-cool stars and brown dwarfs.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eso1839b1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-17361\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eso1839b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eso1839b1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eso1839b1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eso1839b1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This first light image from the Europa telescope at the SPECULOOS Southern Observatory (SSO) shows the heart of the Carina Nebula. The SSO is installed at ESO\u2019s Paranal Observatory in the vast Atacama Desert, Chile, and consists of four 1-metre planet-hunting telescopes. The project\u2019s telescopes are named after Jupiter\u2019s Galilean moons, and are neighbours of ESO&#8217;s Very Large Telescope and VISTA. SPECULOOS will focus on detecting Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby ultra-cool stars and brown dwarfs. [Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/140768\/first-light-for-our-newest-planet-hunter-speculoos-if-earth-like-habitable-planets-are-out-there-it-will-find-them\/\">Universe Today<\/a> and <a title=\"Carnival of Space 591 \u2013 NextBigFuture.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2018\/12\/carnival-of-space-591.html\">Carnival of Space<\/a>.]<br \/><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NextBigFuture.com hosts the latest Carnival of Space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4w0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12567,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12567","url_meta":{"origin":17360,"position":0},"title":"ESO: Three possibly habitable worlds observed in nearby dwarf star system","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest report from ESO\u00a0(European Southern Observatory): Three Potentially Habitable Worlds Found Around Nearby Ultracool Dwarf Star Currently the best place to search for life beyond the Solar System Astronomers using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO\u2019s La Silla Observatory have discovered three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"eso1615a[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/eso1615a1-300x123.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20808,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20808","url_meta":{"origin":17360,"position":1},"title":"Carnivals of Space #645 &#038; 646 &#8211; Universe Today &#038; NextBigFuture.com","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Universe Today hosts Carnival of Space #645.\u00a0 And NextBigFuture.com hosts Carnival of Space #646. === Amazon Ad === The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gc_tumblr1-500x130.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23465,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23465","url_meta":{"origin":17360,"position":2},"title":"ESO: Five exoplanets found locked in a rhythmic dance","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): Puzzling six-exoplanet system with rhythmic movement challenges theories of how planets form Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO\u2019s VLT), astronomers have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/eso2102a1-500x313.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11879,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11879","url_meta":{"origin":17360,"position":3},"title":"ESO: A young dwarf galaxy emerges from the debris of a cosmic collision","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest report from the\u00a0ESO\u00a0(European Southern Observatory): VLT Revisits a Curious Cosmic Collision The spectacular aftermath of a 360 million year old cosmic collision is revealed in great detail in new images from ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory. 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