Astronomers using the FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have released a new image of a spectacular...
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have managed to obtain the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula.
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Astronomers using two 10-m optical/infrared telescopes at the W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered the first quadruple quasar, catalogued as SDSS J0841+3921.
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The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) instrument on ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has made the first measurement of molecular...
A stunning new image of the cometary globule CG4 has been obtained by a group of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope.
This image shows the cometary...
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has obtained an infrared image of the Horsehead, a famous dark nebula in the constellation of Orion.
The famous Horsehead...
A group of astronomers using the Wide Field Imager at ESO’s La Silla Observatory has captured an image of two intriguing and beautiful star formation...
Astronomers using the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile, have captured a new image of the little-known nebula Gum 41.
This new...
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have captured a beautiful new image of the planetary nebula Abell 33.
This image shows the planetary nebula...
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have captured a stunning new image of the nebula NGC 2174, also known as the Monkey Head Nebula.
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Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have reported the discovery of the youngest X-ray binary ever found in our Milky Way Galaxy.
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An international group of astronomers using the Very Large Telescope has captured a detailed image of the reflection nebula IC 2220, also known as the...
Astronomers have used ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope to produce a stunning new image of a large stellar nursery called the Prawn Nebula.
This image shows...
According to a team of astronomers from Australia and Europe reporting in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, IRAS 15445-5449 – an...
