The most detailed image ever of a star other than our Sun has been constructed by astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The star is the red supergiant Antares – the brightest star in the heart of the constellation of ...
... possible. The instrument is GRAVITY and it was born from the desire to observe very small details on faint objects. It sits on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) and represents a huge step forward in observing objects in visible light...