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Gas Cloud Will Collide with our Galaxy’s Black Hole in 2013
Scientists have determined a giant gas cloud is on a collision course with the black hole in the center of…
Dark Matter Makes a Comeback
[/caption] Recent reports of dark matter's demise may be greatly exaggerated, according to a new paper from researchers at the…
How Do The Biggest Telescopes Work?
[/caption] Located high in the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert, the enormous telescopes of the European Southern Observatory have been…
Beautiful, Glowing Dust in Orion
[/caption] On Earth, dust can be pretty mundane. But in space, dust can be beautiful, especially when the dust reflects…
Where All The Hottest Stars Gather
[/caption] An ESO telescope captures a group of hot young stars that would outshine any Hollywood party! At the upper…
The Case of the Missing Dark Matter
[/caption] A survey of the galactic region around our solar system by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has turned up…
Billions of Habitable Worlds Likely in the Milky Way
[/caption] Could there be ‘tens of billions’ of habitable worlds in our own galaxy? That’s the results from a new…
VISTA View Is Chock Full Of Galaxies
[/caption] See all those tiny points of light in this image? Most of them aren't stars; they're entire galaxies, seen…
Erasure and VLT Team Up for ESO’s 50th Anniversary
[/caption] British synthpop band Erasure released a video today featuring lead singer Andy Bell in front of the telescopes of…