A Very Large eye exam
Surrounded by the gleaming metal of one of ESO’s Very Large Telescope’s (VLT) Unit Telescopes, two engineers are carrying out maintenance work on the telescope’s complex and delicate
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Our Closest Black Hole System contain No Black Hole
Astronomers found that the “closest black hole” system, contains no black hole.
Last Moments of Star Devoured by a Black Hole
Death by spaghettification: ESO telescopes record last moments of star devoured by a black hole.
Galaxies trapped in the web of a Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers discovered six galaxies trapped in the web of a supermassive black hole.
Star orbiting a supermassive black hole moves as predicted by Albert Einstein
Star orbiting a supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, moves as predicted by Albert Einstein.
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity proven right in Black Hole Gravity test
Einstein Theory of Relativity proven right again, as black hole gravity warps starlight.
Record-Breaking Stars Forming 250 million years after the Big Bang
Astronomers discovered a record-breaking star forming, only 250 million years after the Big Bang.
The First Direct Image of an Exoplanet
This unique image of an exoplanet orbiting a T-Tauri star named CVSO 30, located approximately 1200 light-years away from Earth.
The Brightest Object ever seen in the Universe
The brightest object ever seen in the Universe is 500 trillion times brighter than our Sun.
A massive Star may have Disappeared
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy.