When Rain Falls on Earth’s driest Desert
If the Atacama desert in Chile, that is the driest non-polar desert on Earth, experiences heavy rainfall, the flowers ‘hibernating’ beneath its surface, suddenly bloom with this
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The largest Astronomical image to date
The largest astronomical image to date is the picture of the Milky Way contains 46 billion pixels. Take a look at the amazing details…
Weighing a Black Hole by Einstein Ring Phenomenon
Astronomers “weigh” a Black Hole in the center of a Galaxy by studying the Einstein ring phenomenon.
Earth-sized virtual telescope to explore Black Holes
A virtual telescope as big as planet Earth, will take detailed images of the very edge, or “event horizon,” of the supermassive black hole at
Meet our new neighbours orbiting the Milky Way
Meet our new neighbours: Astronomers discovered at least nine ultra-faint satellites in the vicinity of the Magellanic Clouds. New dwarf galaxies orbiting around the Milky
Green Light for Extremely Large Telescope
ESO has given green light for European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), of around one billion euros for the first phase of construction.
Warm Leeuwin Current
The Leeuwin Current is an oddity. Flowing south along Australia’s western shore, unlike most currents that flow along the western shores of continents, it flows
ALMA Telescope Array time-lapse
Time-lapse of a whole night at the ALMA Array Operations Site (AOS), located at 5000 metres altitude on the Chajnantor plateau, in the II Region
Giant machines for moving around ALMA antennas
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile, is the
Lyrids in Southern Skies
Lyrid meteor shower peaked, as every year, before dawn on April 22nd, as our blue planet plowed through dust from the tail of long-period comet
