On 5 June 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the Sun, producing a... read more
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By combining the light of three powerful infrared telescopes, an international research team has observed... read more
In May 2010, the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajkull reached the Iberian Peninsula... read more
Getting lost in a foreign country isn't a joke. However, with TomTom's latest navigation device,... read more
Star cluster Westerlund 1
Using ESO"â„¢s Very Large Telescope (VLT), European astronomers have for the first... read more
The most distant galaxy ever measured
A European team of astronomers using ESO"â„¢s Very Large Telescope... read more
Wizard nebula
This image of the open star cluster NGC 7380, also known as the Wizard... read more
Assembly line of stars in the constellation Vulpecula
The constellation Vulpecula is a veritable entire assembly... read more
Stellar nursery in the Rosette nebula
This image from the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory... read more
Rocky Mesas of Nilosyrtis Mensae
Mesas in the Nilosyrtis Mensae region of Mars appear in enhanced... read more
The heart of darkness
Some of the coldest and darkest dust in space shines brightly in... read more
The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA)
ALMA, one of the largest ground-based astronomy projects of the... read more