Tag: Space

Science

Astronomers Discover Most Distant Fast Radio Burst Ever

This artist’s impression (not to scale) illustrates the path of the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A, from the distant galaxy where it originated all the way to Earth, in one of the Milky Way’s spiral arms. The source galaxy of FRB 20220610A, pinned down thanks to ESO’s Very Large Telescope, appears to be located within a small group of interacting galaxies. It’s so far away its light took eight billion years to reach us, making FRB 20220610A the most distant fast radio burst found to date.
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In a groundbreaking discovery, an international team of astronomers has detected a fast radio burst (FRB) that holds the record as the most distant one […]

Science

Hubble Space Telescope Discovers Boulders Escaping from Asteroid Dimorphos

HUBBLE TELESCOPE Hubble sees boulders escaping from asteroid Dimorphos (annotated)
Hubble sees boulders escaping from asteroid Dimorphos (annotated)
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Neutral News Article 1: Hubble Space Telescope Discovers Boulders Escaping from Asteroid Dimorphos Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/ Hubble Space Telescope have made a fascinating discovery […]

Engineering Science

ESO’s ELT Reaches Key Milestone with Over Half of Construction Completed

E.S.O. Night view of the ELT under construction atop Cerro Armazones
This image, taken in late June 2023, shows a webcam image of the construction site of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope at Cerro Armazones, in Chile's Atacama Desert. There, engineers and construction workers are currently assembling the structure of the telescope dome at a staggering pace. Visibly changing each day, the steel structure will soon acquire the familiar round shape typical of telescope domes. The starry background is dominated by the core of the Milky Way, our home galaxy, and the Large and Small Magellanic clouds, two dwarf galaxies that orbit our own.
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Construction of the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) has reached a significant milestone, with more than 50% of the project now complete. […]