European Southern Observatory

• Planet 10 times the size of Jupiter discovered, when it shouldn’t even exist

  The planet is orbiting a pair of stars that are more than three times hotter than the Sun.

  Science

  Dec 10, 2021
  
• Earth-like planet found orbiting closest star to our solar system

  After weeks of speculation, it's been confirmed: there is a rocky, possibly Earth-like planet only four light-years from Earth, the closest ever discovered.

  Science

  Aug 24, 2016
  
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• Zoom into a galaxy cluster that’s looking back at Earth when dinosaurs roamed

  It's a cluster of almost 60 galaxies, the centre of which lies 65 million light-years from Earth.

  Science

  Apr 13, 2016
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• Halifax astronomer makes galactic discovery

  The findings were recently published in Astrophysical Journal Letters but Daniel Majaess, an astronomy instructor at Mount Saint Vincent University and Saint Mary’s University, and Chilean astronomers Dr. Dekany and Dr. Minniti discovered them several months ago.

  Feb 23, 2015