29 November 2017
Deepest spectroscopic survey completed of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
...of research already conducted into the HUDF, with the help of MUSE (Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have produced a groundbreaking dataset that has already resulted in 10 science papers which are...
03 November 2016
MUSE instrument produces spectacular new images of the Carina Nebula
... R37 in the Carina Nebula. Credit: ESO/A. McLeod When a massive star is first...their surroundings, as they tend to blast out large quantities of ionising radiation. However, observing this... the images, they are actually very diffuse, and it is possible ...
25 August 2017
Most detailed image ever of a star other than our Sun
The most detailed image ever of a star other than our Sun has been constructed by astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The star is the red supergiant Antares – the brightest star in the heart of the constellation of ...
09 August 2017
Stars orbiting Sgr A* hint at relativistic effects
..., with the help of S2 again and observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), a team of German and Czech astronomers have...and it is expected to soon reveal general relativistic effects very clearly. It will also allow astronomers to look for ...
06 December 2017
The next generation planet hunter is here!
... precision by looking at the minute wobbles in the host stars’ motion. Installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, ESPRESSO is the successor to ESO’s hugely successful HARPS instrument. HARPS, which stands for the High Accuracy Radial...
21 November 2017
First interstellar asteroid looks nothing like expected
... as possible about the object before it disappeared off again. One telescope to get a good look at `Oumuamua – an Hawaiian name meaning ‘scout’ – was ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Observations show that `Oumuamua varies dramatically in brightness...
