Lynzzer
@lynzzer.bsky.social
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"I was completely overwhelmed by the beauty of it all, to the point of forgetting everything around me! A sky of absolute purity, free from artificial light.”
This is how astrophotographer Julien Looten remembers the night he captured this VLT view https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2602a/
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This is how astrophotographer Julien Looten remembers the night he captured this VLT view https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2602a/
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January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
"I was completely overwhelmed by the beauty of it all, to the point of forgetting everything around me! A sky of absolute purity, free from artificial light.”
This is how astrophotographer Julien Looten remembers the night he captured this VLT view https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2602a/
🔭 🧪
This is how astrophotographer Julien Looten remembers the night he captured this VLT view https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2602a/
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Take off to the bright orange star Betelgeuse 🚀🌟
The star underwent an unprecedented dimming in late 2019 and early 2020. Observations later revealed that it was caused by a dusty veil shading the star, due to a drop in temperature on the star's surface.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2109/ 🔭
The star underwent an unprecedented dimming in late 2019 and early 2020. Observations later revealed that it was caused by a dusty veil shading the star, due to a drop in temperature on the star's surface.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2109/ 🔭
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Take off to the bright orange star Betelgeuse 🚀🌟
The star underwent an unprecedented dimming in late 2019 and early 2020. Observations later revealed that it was caused by a dusty veil shading the star, due to a drop in temperature on the star's surface.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2109/ 🔭
The star underwent an unprecedented dimming in late 2019 and early 2020. Observations later revealed that it was caused by a dusty veil shading the star, due to a drop in temperature on the star's surface.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2109/ 🔭
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Open Sesame!
The ELT doors have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.
The ELT dome & its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/
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📹 ESO/ACe
The ELT doors have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.
The ELT dome & its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/
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📹 ESO/ACe
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Open Sesame!
The ELT doors have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.
The ELT dome & its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/
🔭 🧪
📹 ESO/ACe
The ELT doors have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.
The ELT dome & its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/
🔭 🧪
📹 ESO/ACe
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Join us on a trip to the "cosmic bat" 🚀🦇
This bat is in fact a large stellar nursery, whose most prominent gas clouds are RCW 94, which represents the right wing of the bat, and RCW 95, which forms the body.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2518/
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This bat is in fact a large stellar nursery, whose most prominent gas clouds are RCW 94, which represents the right wing of the bat, and RCW 95, which forms the body.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2518/
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November 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Join us on a trip to the "cosmic bat" 🚀🦇
This bat is in fact a large stellar nursery, whose most prominent gas clouds are RCW 94, which represents the right wing of the bat, and RCW 95, which forms the body.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2518/
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This bat is in fact a large stellar nursery, whose most prominent gas clouds are RCW 94, which represents the right wing of the bat, and RCW 95, which forms the body.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2518/
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Lift off from the ALMA site on a journey across the cosmos to galaxy M87, home to a black hole 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun.
Our voyage ends with an image of the shadow of the black hole and a powerful jet expelled from it.
More: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2305/
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Our voyage ends with an image of the shadow of the black hole and a powerful jet expelled from it.
More: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2305/
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October 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Lift off from the ALMA site on a journey across the cosmos to galaxy M87, home to a black hole 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun.
Our voyage ends with an image of the shadow of the black hole and a powerful jet expelled from it.
More: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2305/
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Our voyage ends with an image of the shadow of the black hole and a powerful jet expelled from it.
More: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2305/
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The ESO Council has appointed Andreas Kaufer to be the new ESO Director General.
Currently Director of Operations, Andreas Kaufer will succeed Xavier Barcons, who will remain as Director General until end of August 2026.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2517/
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📷 ESO/Max Alexander
Currently Director of Operations, Andreas Kaufer will succeed Xavier Barcons, who will remain as Director General until end of August 2026.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2517/
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📷 ESO/Max Alexander
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The ESO Council has appointed Andreas Kaufer to be the new ESO Director General.
Currently Director of Operations, Andreas Kaufer will succeed Xavier Barcons, who will remain as Director General until end of August 2026.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2517/
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📷 ESO/Max Alexander
Currently Director of Operations, Andreas Kaufer will succeed Xavier Barcons, who will remain as Director General until end of August 2026.
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2517/
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📷 ESO/Max Alexander
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1/ The 4MOST instrument installed on our VISTA telescope in Chile completed its first test observations.
@4most-eu.bsky.social will help us unravel our galactic history, explore dark matter, and more.
www.eso.org/public/annou...
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#instrumentation
📷 AIP/A. Saviauk
@4most-eu.bsky.social will help us unravel our galactic history, explore dark matter, and more.
www.eso.org/public/annou...
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#instrumentation
📷 AIP/A. Saviauk
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
1/ The 4MOST instrument installed on our VISTA telescope in Chile completed its first test observations.
@4most-eu.bsky.social will help us unravel our galactic history, explore dark matter, and more.
www.eso.org/public/annou...
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#instrumentation
📷 AIP/A. Saviauk
@4most-eu.bsky.social will help us unravel our galactic history, explore dark matter, and more.
www.eso.org/public/annou...
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#instrumentation
📷 AIP/A. Saviauk
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“It was an unforgettable moment“, said photographer Julien Looten when he saw the Carina Nebula with his own eyes — the big pink spot.
Paranal’s location in the southern hemisphere & Chile's uniquely #DarkSkies made this possible https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2542a/
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📷 J. Looten/ESO
Paranal’s location in the southern hemisphere & Chile's uniquely #DarkSkies made this possible https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2542a/
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📷 J. Looten/ESO
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“It was an unforgettable moment“, said photographer Julien Looten when he saw the Carina Nebula with his own eyes — the big pink spot.
Paranal’s location in the southern hemisphere & Chile's uniquely #DarkSkies made this possible https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2542a/
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📷 J. Looten/ESO
Paranal’s location in the southern hemisphere & Chile's uniquely #DarkSkies made this possible https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2542a/
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📷 J. Looten/ESO
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Meet NGC 1232!
This galaxy lies some 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Its central areas contain older, reddish stars, while the spiral arms are populated by young, blue stars and many star-forming regions 🔭
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9845d/
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This galaxy lies some 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Its central areas contain older, reddish stars, while the spiral arms are populated by young, blue stars and many star-forming regions 🔭
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9845d/
📷 ESO
October 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Meet NGC 1232!
This galaxy lies some 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Its central areas contain older, reddish stars, while the spiral arms are populated by young, blue stars and many star-forming regions 🔭
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9845d/
📷 ESO
This galaxy lies some 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Its central areas contain older, reddish stars, while the spiral arms are populated by young, blue stars and many star-forming regions 🔭
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9845d/
📷 ESO
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This video takes us on a journey from the #milkyway to a galaxy far, far away, 9io9 🚀 ✨
So far away, that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us. This means that we see it as it was when the Universe was just 2.5 billion years old.
More: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2316/ 🔭
So far away, that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us. This means that we see it as it was when the Universe was just 2.5 billion years old.
More: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2316/ 🔭
October 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This video takes us on a journey from the #milkyway to a galaxy far, far away, 9io9 🚀 ✨
So far away, that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us. This means that we see it as it was when the Universe was just 2.5 billion years old.
More: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2316/ 🔭
So far away, that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us. This means that we see it as it was when the Universe was just 2.5 billion years old.
More: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2316/ 🔭
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ESO #Flashback: Come look inside our telescopes at La Silla through a peephole! 👀
These fish-eye images are useful for our virtual tours and fulldome material for planetaria.
These fish-eye images are useful for our virtual tours and fulldome material for planetaria.
June 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
ESO #Flashback: Come look inside our telescopes at La Silla through a peephole! 👀
These fish-eye images are useful for our virtual tours and fulldome material for planetaria.
These fish-eye images are useful for our virtual tours and fulldome material for planetaria.
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Astronomers have created a galactic masterpiece!
Using our VLT, they observed the Sculptor Galaxy in thousands of colours simultaneously 🌈
The more shades of colour there are in an image of a galaxy, the more we can learn about its inner workings.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/...
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Using our VLT, they observed the Sculptor Galaxy in thousands of colours simultaneously 🌈
The more shades of colour there are in an image of a galaxy, the more we can learn about its inner workings.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
June 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Astronomers have created a galactic masterpiece!
Using our VLT, they observed the Sculptor Galaxy in thousands of colours simultaneously 🌈
The more shades of colour there are in an image of a galaxy, the more we can learn about its inner workings.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Using our VLT, they observed the Sculptor Galaxy in thousands of colours simultaneously 🌈
The more shades of colour there are in an image of a galaxy, the more we can learn about its inner workings.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/news/...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
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We love lasers: they help us sharpen our observations of the Universe, through a technology known as adaptive optics.
We are now testing next-generation lasers, and ESO's ELT will also be equipped with lasers to launch into space!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3f_...
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#instrumentation
We are now testing next-generation lasers, and ESO's ELT will also be equipped with lasers to launch into space!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3f_...
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#instrumentation
New powerful lasers for the world's largest optical telescope
YouTube video by European Southern Observatory (ESO)
www.youtube.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
We love lasers: they help us sharpen our observations of the Universe, through a technology known as adaptive optics.
We are now testing next-generation lasers, and ESO's ELT will also be equipped with lasers to launch into space!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3f_...
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#instrumentation
We are now testing next-generation lasers, and ESO's ELT will also be equipped with lasers to launch into space!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3f_...
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#instrumentation
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If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
June 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
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The Moon is peering over the shoulder of one of the antennas of ALMA, spread out atop the Chajnantor Plateau in Chile 📡 🌕
ALMA's antennas observe the cool Universe using wavelengths between infrared radiation and radio waves.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/image...
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📷 Y. Villalon/ESO
ALMA's antennas observe the cool Universe using wavelengths between infrared radiation and radio waves.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/image...
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📷 Y. Villalon/ESO
June 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The Moon is peering over the shoulder of one of the antennas of ALMA, spread out atop the Chajnantor Plateau in Chile 📡 🌕
ALMA's antennas observe the cool Universe using wavelengths between infrared radiation and radio waves.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/image...
🔭 🧪
📷 Y. Villalon/ESO
ALMA's antennas observe the cool Universe using wavelengths between infrared radiation and radio waves.
Read more: www.eso.org/public/image...
🔭 🧪
📷 Y. Villalon/ESO
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⚠️ Global heating: we need to talk about methane
We know all about CO2, but a more powerful greenhouse gas goes under the radar. The House of Lords is calling for urgent action
By Natalie Bennett
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
We know all about CO2, but a more powerful greenhouse gas goes under the radar. The House of Lords is calling for urgent action
By Natalie Bennett
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Global heating: we need to talk about methane
We know all about CO2, but a more powerful greenhouse gas goes under the radar. The House of Lords is calling for urgent action
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
⚠️ Global heating: we need to talk about methane
We know all about CO2, but a more powerful greenhouse gas goes under the radar. The House of Lords is calling for urgent action
By Natalie Bennett
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
We know all about CO2, but a more powerful greenhouse gas goes under the radar. The House of Lords is calling for urgent action
By Natalie Bennett
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Today is World Bee Day.
There are around 20,000 species of bees in the world, yet honey bees gets most of the fanfare.
Here’s to the sweat bees, the leafcutter bees, the mason bees, the longhorn bees, the bumble bees, the carpenter bees, the squash bees, and all the rest of our unsung bee heroes!
There are around 20,000 species of bees in the world, yet honey bees gets most of the fanfare.
Here’s to the sweat bees, the leafcutter bees, the mason bees, the longhorn bees, the bumble bees, the carpenter bees, the squash bees, and all the rest of our unsung bee heroes!
May 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Today is World Bee Day.
There are around 20,000 species of bees in the world, yet honey bees gets most of the fanfare.
Here’s to the sweat bees, the leafcutter bees, the mason bees, the longhorn bees, the bumble bees, the carpenter bees, the squash bees, and all the rest of our unsung bee heroes!
There are around 20,000 species of bees in the world, yet honey bees gets most of the fanfare.
Here’s to the sweat bees, the leafcutter bees, the mason bees, the longhorn bees, the bumble bees, the carpenter bees, the squash bees, and all the rest of our unsung bee heroes!
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Great piece by Govert Schilling on our Extremely Large Telescope!
"It is so large that I have difficulty in perceiving the right scale" he explains, and we can totally relate. 🔭🧪
"It is so large that I have difficulty in perceiving the right scale" he explains, and we can totally relate. 🔭🧪
In February 2025, Sky & Telescope contributing editor Govert Schilling visited three new astronomical observatories in northern Chile. This is the last of a three-part blog series. buff.ly/v2pOeL6
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#astronomy #observatory #chile #telescope #ELT #ESO
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#astronomy #observatory #chile #telescope #ELT #ESO
The Extremely Large Telescope: Our Biggest Eye on the Sky
Sky & Telescope's Govert Schilling visits what will be the world's most powerful optical telescope — the Extremely Large Telescope in Chile.
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May 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Great piece by Govert Schilling on our Extremely Large Telescope!
"It is so large that I have difficulty in perceiving the right scale" he explains, and we can totally relate. 🔭🧪
"It is so large that I have difficulty in perceiving the right scale" he explains, and we can totally relate. 🔭🧪
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Let's take a peek inside one of the ALMA antennas! 📡
Based high up in Chile's Chajnantor plateau, the 66 antennas of ALMA are all used to observe the cool Universe.
But how does a radio-telescope really ‘see’? 🤔
Find out here: www.eso.org/public/image...
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📷 ESO/Sergio Otarola
Based high up in Chile's Chajnantor plateau, the 66 antennas of ALMA are all used to observe the cool Universe.
But how does a radio-telescope really ‘see’? 🤔
Find out here: www.eso.org/public/image...
🔭 🧪
📷 ESO/Sergio Otarola
April 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Let's take a peek inside one of the ALMA antennas! 📡
Based high up in Chile's Chajnantor plateau, the 66 antennas of ALMA are all used to observe the cool Universe.
But how does a radio-telescope really ‘see’? 🤔
Find out here: www.eso.org/public/image...
🔭 🧪
📷 ESO/Sergio Otarola
Based high up in Chile's Chajnantor plateau, the 66 antennas of ALMA are all used to observe the cool Universe.
But how does a radio-telescope really ‘see’? 🤔
Find out here: www.eso.org/public/image...
🔭 🧪
📷 ESO/Sergio Otarola
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Our VLT has found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars.
This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a stellar pair 😲
Discover more: www.eso.org/public/news/...
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Illustration by ESO/L. Calçada
This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a stellar pair 😲
Discover more: www.eso.org/public/news/...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Illustration by ESO/L. Calçada
April 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Our VLT has found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars.
This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a stellar pair 😲
Discover more: www.eso.org/public/news/...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Illustration by ESO/L. Calçada
This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a stellar pair 😲
Discover more: www.eso.org/public/news/...
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Illustration by ESO/L. Calçada
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Remember when we told you on Friday that the rings of Saturn are vanishing from view for a few months? Here's an image taken with our Very Large Telescope the last time this happened. Bonus points: it's an infrared image! More details below 👇 🔭
March 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Remember when we told you on Friday that the rings of Saturn are vanishing from view for a few months? Here's an image taken with our Very Large Telescope the last time this happened. Bonus points: it's an infrared image! More details below 👇 🔭
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🚨 ESO analysis confirms that the INNA industrial megaproject would have a devastating and irreversible impact on the facilities at Paranal Observatory.
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
New ESO analysis confirms severe damage from industrial complex planned near Paranal
An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on the facilities at the Paranal Observatory, Chile — and the results are ala...
www.eso.org
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 ESO analysis confirms that the INNA industrial megaproject would have a devastating and irreversible impact on the facilities at Paranal Observatory.
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
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The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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The Summer AstroCamp is an ESO-supported educational initiative that brings secondary school students together to learn astronomy & physics.
If you know a student interested in attending, pass them on this video: buff.ly/EDuncHN
and link buff.ly/UPJoJGL #STEMSky
If you know a student interested in attending, pass them on this video: buff.ly/EDuncHN
and link buff.ly/UPJoJGL #STEMSky
AstroCamp2025
ENGPublic presentation of AstroCamp 2025, by Carlos Martins (Scientific Director) and Rita Silva (Arga e Lima Secondary School).PTApresentação pública do Ast...
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March 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Summer AstroCamp is an ESO-supported educational initiative that brings secondary school students together to learn astronomy & physics.
If you know a student interested in attending, pass them on this video: buff.ly/EDuncHN
and link buff.ly/UPJoJGL #STEMSky
If you know a student interested in attending, pass them on this video: buff.ly/EDuncHN
and link buff.ly/UPJoJGL #STEMSky
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Live from Bristol
March 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Live from Bristol