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Two New Globular Star Clusters Discovered By VISTA
[/caption] Where there once was 158, there is now more... Globular clusters, that is. Thanks to ESO’s VISTA survey telescope…
Early Galaxies – Clearing The “Cosmic Fog”
[/caption] The seasons are changing for both hemispheres and it's not uncommon to wake up to wonderful, mysterious swirls of…
Sunny Side Up: New Image of the Fried Egg Nebula Reveals a Rare Yellow Hypergiant Star
[/caption] A new look at the Fried Egg Nebula has revealed one of the rarest classes of stars in the…
Can You Spot the Running Chicken in this Nebula?
[/caption] A brand new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope reveals the Lambda Centauri Nebula,…
Colorful Cluster of Stars Competes with the Tarantula Nebula
[/caption] Who can shine the brightest in the Large Magellanic Cloud? A brilliant cluster of stars, open cluster NGC 2100…
Astrophoto: Laser Lightning!
[/caption] Yikes! This science-fiction-like scene was captured by Martin Kornmesser, a visual artist for the European Southern Observatory. Just as…
Looking Into a Pair of Cosmic Eyes
[/caption] Have you ever looked through your telescope and felt like you were being watched? These two galaxies in the…
New VLT Survey Telescope Opens Wide Eyes to the Universe
[/caption] There's a new telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile and what big eyes it has! The VLT Survey…
Studying Saturn’s Super Storm
[/caption] First seen by amateur astronomers back in December, the powerful seasonal storm that has since bloomed into a planet-wrapping…
Two Views of a Lopsided Galaxy
[/caption] From an ESO press release: The Meathook Galaxy, or NGC 2442, has a dramatically lopsided shape. One spiral arm…