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Astronomers Find 90% More Universe!
[/caption] Astronomers have long known that many surveys of distant galaxies miss 90% of their targets, but they didn't know…
Chinese Dragon in Space!
[/caption] This new image from the ESO telescope in Chile shows what looks like a Chinese dragon in the sky.…
Elements of the Universe Shown in New Image
[/caption] It's not Earth, Wind and Fire*, but light, wind and fire in this dramatic new image of the Small…
Missing Early Stars Found, With No Place Left to Hide
[/caption] Astronomer sleuths have solved a cosmic mystery by finding primitive stars that have been stealthily concealed. Using ESO’s Very…
Armazones Chile to be the Site for the 42 meter European Extremely Large Telescope?
Question: Where are the night skies always dark, cloud-free 360 days a year, bone-dry, and orbiting 3.5 km above sea…
New VISTA of Orion
[/caption] Oh-oh-oh Orion! The new VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) infrared survey telescope has used its huge…
Pretty Picture of the Week: NGC 3603
[/caption] This magnificent image of the giant stellar nursery surrounding NGC 3603 was taken by the Very Large Telescope at…
Extra-Galactic Whopper Black Hole Breaks Distance Record
[/caption] Not only is a newly found black huge, it also is the most far-away stellar-mass black hole ever detected.…
First (of many) Gorgeous Pictures from the New VISTA
Well, the WISE infrared all-sky satellite may be delayed until Monday, but the new infrared southern sky survey telescope VISTA…
It’s a Bird! It’s Tinker Bell! It’sThree Galaxies!
There once was a galaxy known as ESO 593-IG 008. It was thought to be a relatively mild-mannered galaxy, even…