Astronomers make first clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet
eso2111 — Science Release 22 July 2021 Using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory...
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Galactic fireworks: new ESO images reveal stunning features of nearby galaxies
eso2110 — Photo Release 16 July 2021 A team of astronomers has released new observations of nearby galaxies that resemble...
Scam email: A unfamiliar “urgent procurement” will get you into trouble
Have you ever receive an email claiming to be placing an order, and that you should download the attached PO...
Mystery of Betelgeuse’s dip in brightness solved
eso2109 — Science Release 16 June 2021 When Betelgeuse, a bright orange star in the constellation of Orion, became visibly...
Heavy metal vapours unexpectedly found in comets throughout our Solar System — and beyond
eso2108 — Science Release 19 May 2021 A new study by a Belgian team using data from the European Southern...
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New telescope at ESO’s La Silla joins effort to protect Earth from risky asteroids
eso2107 — Organisation Release 27 April 2021 Part of the world-wide effort to scan and identify near-Earth objects, the European...
First interstellar comet may be the most pristine ever found
New observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) indicate that the rogue comet 2I/Borisov, which is...
Astronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole
24 March 2021 The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has...
Powerful stratospheric winds measured on Jupiter for the first time
eso2104 — Science Release 18 March 2021 Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory...
Most distant quasar with powerful radio jets discovered
eso2103 — Science Release 8 March 2021 With the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT),...
Politicians can do well on Instagram. Political posts, less so. | AlgorithmWatch
By Nicolas Kayser-Bril An experiment by AlgorithmWatch, Groene Amsterdammer, Pointer and NOS in the Netherlands shows that Instagram probably prioritizes...