This is unfortunately a real image taken late last year... There are currently "only" about 14 000 satellites up there. Imagine 100 times more!
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This is what the sky will look like if Elon Musk gets his way. And this is just from Space X. Its not even including the hundreds of thousands other sats planned to be launched by other corps and the CSNA. Its not taking into account the stupid fucking orbital mirrors that one corp wants to launch.
ESO@eso.org · last mo.🚨 Beyond the limit 🚨 New ESO study finds that current proposals to launch 1.7+ million satellites into orbit would have devastating consequences for astronomy. The most extreme proposals come from SpaceX & Reflect Orbital 🔭 🧪 ☄️ #DarkSkies #SatelliteConstellations 1/4
The free and open web still exists, but it's buried under something ugly. And it should've never been this way. Let's join forces. Bring your friends and colleagues over. Together, we can whack some digital weeds together. It’s time to reclaim what’s ours: vivaldi.com/blog/how-can...
Because of a Mathematician From Rural Virginia’s Work on Global Positioning, You Have No Excuse for Getting Lost www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/g... #WomenInStem
2/2 Hosted at our Paranal Observatory in Chile, the VST is a former joint venture between ESO and the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), now solely managed by @media.inaf.it Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2623a/ 📷 ESO/VPHAS+ team
Celebrating the birth of new stars... and the VST!
Celebrating the birth of new stars... and the VST!
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The mirror is on its way! One of the mirrors of our VLT is slowly transported downhill to a special facility a couple of kilometres away at basecamp. This process is repeated for all VLT mirrors every 18 months. Here's why: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2620a/ 🔭 🧪 📷 L. Sbordone/ESO
Travel to Apep, a massive triple star system named after an ancient Egyptian deity — a gargantuan serpent embodying chaos 🚀 🐍 Sculpted by colliding stellar winds, this system has an explosive future ahead of it. 🔭
A not-so-distant cousin! The nearby galaxy NGC 4945 is thought to closely resemble our own Milky Way, with swirling, luminous arms and a bar-shaped centre. Sites of active star formation are seen prominently in the image, appearing bright pink. Read more: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0931/ 🔭
This isn't a scene from #StarWars. What you're looking at is the Tarantula Nebula. While those beams come from the lasers installed on the telescopes that comprise our VLTI. But why are we sending lasers into the sky? Find out: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2616a/ 🔭 🧪 📷 A. Berdeu/ESO
PoET is shining (sun)light on exoplanet research 🌞 The new telescope, installed at our Paranal Observatory, has made its first observations. PoET will study the Sun in detail and help us in our search for worlds outside the Solar System! Find out how: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2605/ 🔭 🧪
AI agents are writing your test scripts now. So what exactly are you still doing here? If coding was the vehicle but you forgot the destination, you might be getting Pluto-ed. A post about dwarf planets, AI shepherds, and redefining your orbit.
Did Test Automation Engineers Just Get Pluto-ed?
Remember when Pluto got demoted? One day it was a planet, a proper member of the solar system. Kids learned it in school, it had its place in the lineup. Then in 2006, the International Astronomical Union decided that Pluto didn't quite meet the criteria anymore. Too small. Couldn't clear its orbit. Still there, still orbiting, but suddenly: dwarf planet. Thanks for your service.
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Don't give them ideas... xkcd.com/3225/
ESO@eso.org · 4mo agoSoon we may see 1 million more satellites in Earth's orbit. The consequences to astronomy would be devastating. Fighting for a fair & sustainable use of space for astronomy and humanity — that's Betty Kioko's job as ESO’s Institutional Affairs Officer 👉 www.eso.org/public/blog/... 🔭 🧪 #DarkSkies
Meet your neighbours! This is the Triangulum galaxy, the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, Andromeda, and tens of other smaller galaxies. https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1424/ 🔭 📷 ESO
Bold ideas wanted. The Space for Sustainability Award is now open. Apply by 3 May 👇 🔗 www.esa.int/About_Us/Climate_and_Sustainability/2026_European_Space_for_Sustainability_Award_is_now_open_for_bold_ideas
Ready to travel 75 million light-years? Our destination is the Kinman Dwarf Galaxy. A few years ago, a star in it disappeared. The end of the video shows an artistic animation of what the star could have looked like before it vanished. Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2010/ 🔭
Update on the post below: in a letter sent to Chile's Environmental Assessment Service on 6 February, AES Andes requested the withdrawal of INNA from evaluation. This formally confirms that INNA is not going ahead. 🔭 🧪
ESO@eso.org · 6mo agoAES Andes announced that it will step back from the project INNA, planned near our Paranal Observatory. We welcome this and expect the project to be withdrawn from Chile's Environmental Assessment Service soon, which would formally confirm the cancelation: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2602 🔭 🧪
AES Andes announced that it will step back from the project INNA, planned near our Paranal Observatory. We welcome this and expect the project to be withdrawn from Chile's Environmental Assessment Service soon, which would formally confirm the cancelation: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2602 🔭 🧪
This is a really amazing opportunity for astronomy students! 🔭☄️ It's always also very oversubscribed, so make sure to apply to a few things if you want to do a summer research internship
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie@mpi-astro.bsky.social · 8mo agoAre you a bachelor or master student anywhere in the world, and would like to come to us to work full-time on a supervised research project? Applications for the 2026 MPIA Summer Internship are open now!
Have been using @seleniumhq.bsky.social since ages (fit based tests some 0.7 release) Now time for some Vibium! github.com/VibiumDev/vi... Thanks and (Virtual) Hugs! @hugs.bsky.social
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We are continuing to expand our efforts to protect the night skies. ESO signed an agreement with the IAU's Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky to become a contributing partner. https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann25010/ 🔭 🧪 📷 A. Daniels (SKAO)
Here in Gorlitz for #ADASSXXXV. So eerie having such a small contingent of US-based astronomers 🔭🧪
Today we take you to the Tarantula Nebula, but don't worry: no cosmic spiders await us 🕷️ Instead, prepare for a stunning view of this stellar nursery as captured by some of our telescopes. 🔭
A vital tool for our ELT is being assembled. The Phasing and Diagnostics Station will align the hundreds of segments making up the ELT main mirror, so that they work as a single, unified "phased" surface. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKdF... 🔭 🧪 #instrumentation
Aligning the mirrors of the world's largest optical telescope
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ICYMI, Hayabusa2 touchdown on its target asteroid in 2031 has just become even more challenging. New observations made with our VLT & other telescopes reveal that the asteroid is much smaller and faster than anticipated. Full story: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2515/ 🔭 🧪
Remember the first image of the black hole in the M87 galaxy taken by @ehtelescope.bsky.social ? New analysis shows that some features of the ring around the black hole don't change over the years, but others do! Why? Find out with #ChasingStarlight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P04... 🔭🧪
