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ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

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ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

Ideas, Inventions And Innovations Heavy Metal Vapors Unexpectedly Found in Comets Throughout Our Solar System — and Beyond A new study by a Belgian team using data from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has shown that iron and nickel exist in the atmospheres of comets throughout our Solar System, even those far from the Sun. A separate study by a Polish team, who also used ESO data, reported that nickel vapour is also present in the icy interstellar c...

Science 51 minutes NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory official Instagram page recently shared a beautiful image of a galaxy NGC 1097 in the sky which is located in the southern constellation of Fornax (The Furnace). Ever since its posting, the image has received over 19,000 likes and 60 comments. The caption for the image states, “right #now Chandra is gazing at a #galaxy in the southern constellation of Fornax (The Furnace). Nearby in the sky is galaxy NGC 1097. A distinctive ring a...