Sailing beneath a sea of stars! Feast your eyes on this stunning image of our Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) underneath a gorgeous starry night sky in #Chile. It almost looks like a ship cresting a great, shadowy wave. β›΅οΈπŸŒŠ Read more:
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Sailing beneath a sea of stars
Sailing beneath a sea of stars
 πŸ“· P. Romaniuk/ESO #astrodonΒ #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science image
🚨 Astronomers have witnessed the dawn of a new solar system! Using ALMA and JWST they observed the first specks of planet-forming material β€” hot minerals beginning to solidify around HOPS-315, a baby star 1300 light-years away. This marks the first time a planetary system has been identified at such an early stage in its formation – a window to the past of our own Solar System.
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ALMA image of HOPS-315, a still-forming planetary system
ALMA image of HOPS-315, a still-forming planetary system
 #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science πŸ“· ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al image
Heads-up: we have images of a new interstellar visitor! β˜„οΈ πŸ‘€ Comet #3IATLAS is only the third object ever spotted coming from beyond our Solar System. In this timelapse, our Very Large Telescope in #Chile observes the comet move across the night sky β€” just two days after its discovery! #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science