... Star Clusters . ... Press Releases . ... Stars@ESO . ... Catch a Star 2003 . ... 16 June 2003 : Based on a vast observational effort with different telescopes and instruments, ESO-astronomer Dieter N†®rnberger has obtained a first glimpse of the very first stages in the formation of heavy stars. ... New observations by the Japanese 8-m Subaru telescope and the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) have now shown that massive stars can also form in isolation, far from the luminous parts of galaxies [1]. ...