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Astronomers Measure the Layers of an Exoplanet's Atmosphere
The number of planets discovered beyond our Solar System has grown exponentially in the past twenty years, with 4,919 confirmed…
A New Image Reveals Orion’s Flame Nebula in Infrared
The ESO has released some stunning new images of Orion's Flame Nebula. They're from a few years ago but are…
Astronomers Find 70 Planets Without Stars Floating Free in the Milky Way
A international team of astronomers, using observatories all over the world (and one in space), discovered 70 new rogue planets…
Images of 42 of the Biggest Asteroids in the Solar System
A huge team of astronomers have combined forces to use the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) to…
The Galactic Beauty of Star Formation
I'd never seen galaxy images like this before. Nobody had! These images highlight star forming regions in nearby(ish) galaxies. There…
A Powerful new Laser Will Enhance Adaptive Optics
In some applications, bigger lasers mean better lasers. That is the case in astronomy, where lasers are used for everything…
The Giant Magellan Telescope’s 6th Mirror has Just Been Cast. One More to Go
Work has begun on the sixth and seventh mirror segments for the Giant Magellan Telescope, which will begin studying the…
Here’s the Extremely New Website for the Extremely Large Telescope
In the vein of “go big or go home,” the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has launched a stunning new website…
The European Extremely Large Telescope Just Got a 10% Budget Boost, Now Costing $1.5 Billion
Funding is an extremely important aspect of any large-scale science project. The whims of financial controllers can greatly expand or…
Wow! An Actual Picture of Multiple Planets Orbiting a Sunlike Star
We've detected thousands of exoplanets, but for the most part, nobody's ever seen them. They're really just data, and graphs…