ESPRESSO instrument achieves first light with all four Unit Telescopes
The ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, has used the combined light of all four of the 8.2-metre Unit Telescopes for the first time.
Biggest Explosion in the Universe Powered by Magnets
Some long-duration gamma-ray bursts, driven by strongest magnets, created the biggest explosion in the Universe.
The Extremely Large Telescope compared to…
The gigantic European Extremely Large Telescope compared with Giza Pyramids, the Statue of Liberty and the Colosseum in Rome.
New Laser at Paranal
This is the first of four laser guide star units on Unit Telescope 4 (UT4) of ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal, by the 4 Laser Guide
For the first time dark matter may have been observed
For the first time dark matter may have been observed interacting with other dark matter in a way other than through the force of gravity.
NGTS the new Exoplanet hunter
The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile, is the new Exoplanet hunter.