VLT

Super Black Hole From Far Galaxy Gobbles Up a Star

Medicine & Technology Jan 10, 2023

While performing an optic survey, astronomers were able to spot the rare sight of a super black hole gobbling up a nearby star. Read to know more about this discovery and its implications.

The ESA Finds Champagne Nebula And Brighter Sets of Stars

May 29, 2015

This stunning nebula, called RCW 34 and visualized by the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), is home to young stars that heat gases, causing them to expand outward. In this brightest area of the nebula heated hydrogen bursts into the vacuum outside the gas cloud, "uncorking" the nebula. This kind of process is called a champagne flow, and the entire area provides rich fodder for astronomers as it continuously produces new, brilliant stars.