15 July 2020
Comet Neowise puts on a spectacular show
... Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope (NEOWISE), the dazzling comet has developed a spectacular ... it visible to the naked eye without the need for a telescope or binoculars. Its bright, broad and fuzzy lower tail is...
18 January 2021
New study looks at how to harness energy from a black hole
... black hole might be crucial for guiding our interpretation of current and future telescope observations of black holes, such as the ones by the Event Horizon Telescope,” Asenjo said. Speaking of Comisso and Asenjo work, Vyacheslav Lukin, a program...
15 February 2021
Possible planet found in habitable zone around Alpha Centauri
... outfitting ESO’s (European Southern Observatory's) Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile with new capabilities to image exoplanets...imaging rocky habitable-zone exoplanets with current and upcoming telescopes should be possible, say the team. “We look...
19 May 2021
Scientists unexpectedly find heavy metal vapour in comets throughout our Solar System, and beyond
... gaseous) at low temperatures. However, in a new study by a Belgian team using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), the data has shown traces of iron and nickel in the atmospheres of comets at distances of more...
