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Nov 15

The Birth of Monsters

Source: ESO Science Release eso1545

eso1545aMassive galaxies discovered in the early Universe.
Image credits:ESO/UltraVISTA team.
Acknowledgement: TERAPIX/CNRS/INSU/CASU

ESO’s VISTA survey telescope has spied a horde of previously hidden massive galaxies that existed when the Universe was in its infancy. By discovering and studying more of these galaxies than ever before, astronomers have, for the first time, found out exactly when such monster galaxies first appeared.(read more)

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6
Nov 15

First Observations from SEPIA

Source: ESO Organisation Release eso1543

eso1543aImage credit: ESO/Sascha Krause

A new instrument attached to the 12-metre Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope at 5000 metres above sea level in the Chilean Andes is opening up a previously unexplored window on the Universe. The Swedish–ESO PI receiver for APEX (SEPIA) will detect the faint signals from water and other molecules within the Milky Way, other nearby galaxies and the early Universe. (read more)

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1
Nov 15

Using a Tablet Computer in Space

Source: NASA ScienceCasts

 

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