ESO Archive
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Image of the Month: 300,000 stars at once!
Posted on June 10, 2011 | 2 CommentsGlobular clusters, tightly packed masses of stars are dazzling celestial spectacles as shown by this new European Southern Observatory image. This dramatic image depicts Omega Centauri, one of 200 or […] -
NGC 6744: the Milky Way’s Cosmic Twin?
Posted on June 2, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe nearby galaxy NGC 6744, similar to the Milky Way, has been imaged by the European Southern Observatory. What can we see in this beautiful galactic portrait? Barred spiral galaxy […] -
Image of the Month: War of the Galaxies!
Posted on April 21, 2011 | No CommentsAn image from the European Southern Observatory, reveals two galaxies, NGC 3169 and NGC 3166, meeting in intergalactic space. What kind of cosmic drama ensues in these close encounters of […] -
Cepheids: Inconstant Stars which break the rules
Posted on November 26, 2010 | 6 CommentsCepheid variables are massive, pulsating stars, valued by astronomers for the precise link between their brightness and steady pulsation. Let’s look at the history of Cepheid variables and how recent […] -
ESO finds weird doomed planet from another galaxy
Posted on November 19, 2010 | 1 CommentCould HIP 13044 b be the strangest exoplanet yet found? We are getting used to the discoveries of bizarre exoplanets but newly-discovered world HIP 13044 b not only survived the […] -
Spiral galaxies in a glorious new gallery from the Very Large Telescope
Posted on October 28, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope brings us new face-on portraits of six spiral galaxies. But what is the science behind these delightful images? Everyone loves stunning pictures […] -
Another galaxy, far, far away seen by HST and ESO
Posted on October 21, 2010 | No CommentsGalaxies, distant from us in space and time, have been in the news recently. Astronomers knew that far away galaxies (and hence ancient galaxies)were smaller than those galaxies closer (in […]