eso1222 — Photo Release
31 May 2012
A new image of the centre of the distinctive galaxy Centaurus A, made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows how the new observatory allows astronomers to see through the opaque …
16
May
A Deeper Look at Centaurus A
eso1221 — Photo Release
16 May 2012
The strange galaxy Centaurus A is pictured in a new image from the European Southern Observatory. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spect…
09
May
VISTA Views a Vast Ball of Stars
eso1220 — Photo Release
9 May 2012
A new image of Messier 55 from ESO’s VISTA infrared survey telescope shows tens of thousands of stars crowded together like a swarm of bees. Besides being packed into a relatively small space, these stars are…
02
May
Sifting through Dust near Orion’s Belt
eso1219 — Photo Release
2 May 2012
A new image of the region surrounding the reflection nebula Messier 78, just to the north of Orion’s Belt, shows clouds of cosmic dust threaded through the nebula like a string of pearls. The observations, …
25
Apr
A Cluster Within a Cluster
eso1218 — Photo Release
25 April 2012
The star cluster NGC 6604 is shown in this new image taken by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. It is often overlooked in favour of its…
18
Apr
Serious Blow to Dark Matter Theories?
eso1217 — Science Release
New study finds mysterious lack of dark matter in Sun’s neighbourhood
18 April 2012
The most accurate study so far of the motions of stars in the Milky Way has found no evidence for dark matter in a large volume aro…
12
Apr
ALMA Reveals Workings of Nearby Planetary System
eso1216 — Science Release
12 April 2012
A new observatory still under construction has given astronomers a major breakthrough in understanding a nearby planetary system and provided valuable clues about how such systems form and evolve. Astron…
04
Apr
ESO Expands its Headquarters
eso1215 — Organisation Release
4 April 2012
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has contracted architects Auer+Weber to design an extension to its Headquarters at Garching bei München, Germany. The innovatively styled new office building w…
28
Mar
Many Billions of Rocky Planets in the Habitable Zones around Red Dwarfs in the Milky Way
eso1214 — Science Release
28 March 2012
A new result from ESO’s HARPS planet finder shows that rocky planets not much bigger than Earth are very common in the habitable zones around faint red stars. The international team estimates that ther…
21
Mar
VISTA Stares Deep into the Cosmos
eso1213 — Photo Release
Treasure trove of new infrared data made available to astronomers
21 March 2012
ESO’s VISTA telescope has created the widest deep view of the sky ever made using infrared light. This new picture of an unremarkable patch…
