Glory From Gloom
A dark cloud of cosmic dust snakes across this spectacular wide field image, illuminated by the brilliant light of new stars...
First Light for Planet Hunter ExTrA at La Silla
A new national facility at ESO’s La Silla Observatory has successfully made its first observations. The ExTrA telescopes will...
Odd Behaviour of Star Reveals Lonely Black Hole Hiding in Giant Star Cluster
Astronomers using ESO’s MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a star in the cluster NGC 3201...
'Gyroscope' molecules form crystal that's both solid and full of motion: New type of molecular machine designed by UCLA researchers could have wide-ranging applications in technology and science
In the crystal developed by UCLA researchers, a metallo-organic framework (top and bottom layers of molecules) surrounds central sphere-...
Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice
A cross-section of underground ice is exposed at the steep slope that appears bright blue in this enhanced-color view...
New exotic phenomena seen in photonic crystals: Researchers observe, for the first time, topological effects unique to an “open” system
A drawing illustrates the unusual topological landscape around a pair of features known as exceptional points (red dots), showing the...
First ELT Main Mirror Segments Successfully Cast
The first six hexagonal segments for the main mirror of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) have been successfully cast by...
APL Plans Next New Year's Eve: In the Kuiper Belt, with New Horizons
Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69, a Kuiper Belt object that...
