New SPECULOOS Telescope Sees First Light. Soon it'll be Seeing Habitable Planets Around Ultra-Cool Stars

By Evan Gough December 5, 2018
New SPECULOOS Telescope Sees First Light. Soon it'll be Seeing Habitable Planets Around Ultra-Cool Stars

“This is a unique opportunity to uncover the details of these nearby worlds.” - Michaël Gillon, University of Liège, and principal investigator of the SPECULOOS project.

Sources:

  • ESO Press Release: First Light for SPECULOOS

  • SPECULOOS website: https://www.speculoos.uliege.be/cms/c_4259452/fr/portail-speculoos

  • Wikipedia Entry: Ultra-cool dwarf