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Chile Observatory Captures Universe With 3,200-Megapixel Camera
Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of the cosmos, allowing astronomers to figure out how the solar system formed and whether an asteroid poses a threat to Earth.
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Snow Covers World's Driest Desert 'Atacama' After A Decade
Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow.
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Groundbreaking Vera Rubin Observatory Reveals First Images Of Distant Galaxies
The team behind the long-awaited Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile published their first images on Monday, revealing breathtaking views of star-forming regions as well as distant galaxies.
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World’s Largest Telescope Dome Complete in Chile’s Atacama Desert
The construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile's Atacama Desert has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its dome's frame. The ELT, which will be the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope, is being developed by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The dome, measuring 305 feet in diameter and...
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$800 Million Camera, Car-Sized, To Capture Universe As Never Before
Surrounded by the desert mountains and clear blue sky of northern Chile, astronomers from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory hope to revolutionize the study of the universe by affixing the world's largest-ever digital camera to a telescope.
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Gravity Has Remained the Same for the Entire Age of the Universe: Study
A new study suggests that the nature of gravity has remained constant for the entire history of the universe. To make things clearer, researchers from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Collaboration have used the Cerro Telolo Inter-American Observatory's Victor M. Blanco 4-metre telescope in Chile and observed galaxies up to 5 billion light-years away.
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New Planet Discovered Orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Star Closest to Our Own Sun
The astronomers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile to spot this exoplanet
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Amazon Eyes Chilean Skies as It Seeks to Datamine the Stars
The data could prove fertile ground for Amazon to develop new artificial intelligence tools.
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Scientists Just Found The Oldest Known Black Hole, And It's A Monster
At the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, perched high atop a mountain in the world's driest desert,Eduardo Banados scanned for the signature of a massive, invisible sinkhole in the sky slurping up a whirlpool of brilliant, hot matte
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European Extremely Large Telescope Construction Inaugurated
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be built in collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the leading intergovernmental astronomic organisation in Germany,
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Stunning Images Reveal Jupiter Ahead Of Juno's Arrival
Researchers at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have captured stunning new images and prepared the highest-resolution maps to date of Jupiter, a week ahead of the arrival of NASA's Juno spacecraft at the giant planet on July 4.
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Sharpest View Ever Of Dusty Disc Around Ageing Star Recorded
Using the full power of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, a team of astronomers has recorded sharpest view ever of dusty disc around an ageing star, suggesting that discs around ageing stars are similar to those around young ones.
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Astronomers Photograph a Baby Jupiter in Another Solar System
Astronomers have taken a photograph of a baby planet beyond the solar system that may reveal clues as to how planets such as Jupiter are formed and influence their planetary siblings, a study released on Thursday shows.
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Water Clouds Found Outside Our Solar System
A team of scientists has discovered the first evidence of water clouds on an object outside our own solar system.
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First Solar 'Sibling' Discovered
Scientists have identified the first "sibling" of the Sun - a massive star almost certainly born from the same cloud of gas and dust as our own star.
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Chile Observatory Captures Universe With 3,200-Megapixel Camera
Chile's Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which boasts the world's largest digital camera, has begun displaying its first images of the cosmos, allowing astronomers to figure out how the solar system formed and whether an asteroid poses a threat to Earth.
-
Snow Covers World's Driest Desert 'Atacama' After A Decade
Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow.
-
Groundbreaking Vera Rubin Observatory Reveals First Images Of Distant Galaxies
The team behind the long-awaited Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile published their first images on Monday, revealing breathtaking views of star-forming regions as well as distant galaxies.
-
World’s Largest Telescope Dome Complete in Chile’s Atacama Desert
The construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Chile's Atacama Desert has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its dome's frame. The ELT, which will be the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope, is being developed by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The dome, measuring 305 feet in diameter and...
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$800 Million Camera, Car-Sized, To Capture Universe As Never Before
Surrounded by the desert mountains and clear blue sky of northern Chile, astronomers from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory hope to revolutionize the study of the universe by affixing the world's largest-ever digital camera to a telescope.
-
Gravity Has Remained the Same for the Entire Age of the Universe: Study
A new study suggests that the nature of gravity has remained constant for the entire history of the universe. To make things clearer, researchers from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Collaboration have used the Cerro Telolo Inter-American Observatory's Victor M. Blanco 4-metre telescope in Chile and observed galaxies up to 5 billion light-years away.
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New Planet Discovered Orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Star Closest to Our Own Sun
The astronomers used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile to spot this exoplanet
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Amazon Eyes Chilean Skies as It Seeks to Datamine the Stars
The data could prove fertile ground for Amazon to develop new artificial intelligence tools.
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Scientists Just Found The Oldest Known Black Hole, And It's A Monster
At the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, perched high atop a mountain in the world's driest desert,Eduardo Banados scanned for the signature of a massive, invisible sinkhole in the sky slurping up a whirlpool of brilliant, hot matte
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European Extremely Large Telescope Construction Inaugurated
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be built in collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the leading intergovernmental astronomic organisation in Germany,
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Stunning Images Reveal Jupiter Ahead Of Juno's Arrival
Researchers at the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have captured stunning new images and prepared the highest-resolution maps to date of Jupiter, a week ahead of the arrival of NASA's Juno spacecraft at the giant planet on July 4.
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Sharpest View Ever Of Dusty Disc Around Ageing Star Recorded
Using the full power of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, a team of astronomers has recorded sharpest view ever of dusty disc around an ageing star, suggesting that discs around ageing stars are similar to those around young ones.
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Astronomers Photograph a Baby Jupiter in Another Solar System
Astronomers have taken a photograph of a baby planet beyond the solar system that may reveal clues as to how planets such as Jupiter are formed and influence their planetary siblings, a study released on Thursday shows.
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Water Clouds Found Outside Our Solar System
A team of scientists has discovered the first evidence of water clouds on an object outside our own solar system.
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First Solar 'Sibling' Discovered
Scientists have identified the first "sibling" of the Sun - a massive star almost certainly born from the same cloud of gas and dust as our own star.
