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Hitchcock Haunts a Nebula

[/caption] First impression after seeing this new image of NGC 3324? It’s Alfred Hitchcock, bulbous nose and all (see image…

13 years ago

Emerging Supermassive Black Holes Choke Star Formation

[/caption] Located on the Chajnantor plateau in the foothills of the Chilean Andes, ESO's APEX telescope has been busy looking…

13 years ago

A New Look at the Helix Nebula — a Giant “Eye” in Space

[/caption] Who is looking at who here? A brand new image of the Helix Nebula (breathlessly called the “Eye of…

13 years ago

Microlensing Study Says Every Star in the Milky Way has Planets

[/caption] How common are planets in the Milky Way? A new study using gravitational microlensing suggests that every star in…

13 years ago

Nebula of Many Names Revealed in Beautiful New Image

[/caption] The Omega Nebula goes by many names, depending on who observed it when and what they thought they saw.…

13 years ago

Timelapse: Cerro Paranal Skies Above the VLT

This is one of the best timelapse videos of the year, showing ESO's Very Large Telescope in action and the…

13 years ago

Staking Out A Vampire Star

[/caption] How do you peer into the dark heart of a vampire star? Try combining four telescopes! At ESO’s Paranal…

13 years ago

Incredible Spinning Star Rotates At A Million Miles Per Hour!

[/caption] Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a star named VFTS 102 is spinning its heart out... Literally. Rotating at…

13 years ago

The Way Cool Clouds Of The Carina Nebula

[/caption] It's beautiful.... But it's cold. By utilizing the submillimetre-wavelength of light, the 12 meter APEX telescope has imaged the…

13 years ago

Antique Stars Could Help Solve Mysteries Of Early Milky Way

[/caption] Utilizing ESO's giant telescopes located in Chile, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have been examining "antique" stars. Located…

13 years ago