GRAVITY instrument
Astronomers are Getting Really Good at Weighing Baby Supermassive Black Holes
In the 1970s, astronomers deduced that the persistent radio source coming from the center of our galaxy was actually a…
3 months ago
Those are Exoplanets. You’re Looking at Actual Exoplanets 63 Light-Years Away!
By combining two exoplanet detection methods for the first time ever, the GRAVITY collaboration has confirmed the existence of a…
4 years ago
Ground-Based Telescope Directly Observes the Atmosphere of an Extrasolar Planet, and Sees Swirling Clouds of Iron and Silicates
We've finally got our first optical look at an exoplanet and its atmosphere, and boy is it a strange place.…
5 years ago