An artist's portrayal of the moment when Rosetta's Philae lander touches down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA / ATG medialab - Days from now, the Philae lander will drop onto Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In the meantime, the "mother ship" Rosetta is watching the icy nucleus — and smelling the mix of gases escaping from it. In less …
The Pleiades (Messier 45), in Taurus, are an impressive sight with any or no optical aid. Akira Fujii By: Kelly Beatty, Sky & Telescope, August 28, 2014 A new measurement, made using radio interferometry, argues that the distance to the Pleiades star cluster measured by ESA's Hipparcos satellite is decidedly wrong — and that …
“ The RadioAstron telescope’s resolution is so good, it could pick out a snooker ball on the moon” If you thought black holes were strange, try a white one. Katia Moskvitch joins the hunt Thar she blows PHYSICS is full of opposites. For every action, there’s a reaction; every positive charge has …
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VST snaps a very detailed view of the Pinwheel Galaxy The new picture is among the most detailed wide-field views of this object ever taken and shows the many glowing red gas clouds in the spiral arms with particular clarity. The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile …
An artist's conception of a gamma-ray burst. European Southern Observatory Astronomers might be on the brink of developing a new rung on the cosmic distance ladder. Astronomy is a discipline pursued at unimaginable distances. And yet actually measuring the distance to a nearby exoplanet, or to a galaxy shining at us from the dark depths …
