CIRCLE WITH A DOT

The image was taken with the MUSE instrument at the VLT, which captures a spectrum at every single point within its field of view. In other words: it can image extended regions at thousands of different colours or wavelengths simultaneously, allowing astronomers to map the composition and motion of these regions in great detail.Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2612a/2/2

@esoastronomy That's insane! I hope that the application will be denied "for the good of all of humanity"!

Black hole jets can flip power sources. What truth about the universe would your character learn there? http://sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260305223219.htm #STEM #astrophysics

Our Extremely Large Telescope is already 70% complete!But what would you see if you walked inside it today? The latest Chasing Starlight episode takes you there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IUeLqC-xpo#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science #engineering #chile

This image reveals the stars and gas surrounding the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way centre.Now, using our Very Large Telescope, MPE astronomers discovered a new gas cloud orbiting the black hole, solving a puzzling question.More: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2610a/ ESO/D. Ribeiro for the MPE GC team#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

@brunthal and there is of course the framing - what drives the employment, the need to get the work done and the PhD candidate may learn something along the way? Or is it about the PhD candidate learning and growing and on the way some necessary work gets done?

A cosmic hawk and its starry eyasses What looks like a hawk spanning its wings above massive newly born stars is the RCW 36 nebula.Now, a team of astronomers has used, yes, the HAWK-I instrument on our VLT to study the very dim stars called brown dwarfs hidden in the nebula and how they form: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2609a/ ESO/A. R. G. do Brito do Vale et al.#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

@jaztrophysicist ah oui nous aussi on a ces boutiques qui prennent des photos de ton iris.

NASA’s Webb Examines Cranium Nebula https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-examines-cranium-nebula/ #NASA #Astrophysics #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #JamesWebbSpaceTelescopeJWST #Nebulae #PlanetaryNebulae #ScienceResearch #TheUniverse