Tag: eso
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1I/2017 U1 `Oumuamua
ESO: For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space. !!!!!! This created a unique problem for the naming of this object. The IAU also created a new class of objects for interstellar asteroids, with this object being the first to receive this designation. When…
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ESO observes kilonovae
European Southern Observatory: ESO’s fleet of telescopes in Chile have detected the first visible counterpart to a gravitational wave source. These historic observations suggest that this unique object is the result of the merger of two neutron stars. The cataclysmic aftermaths of this kind of merger — long-predicted events called kilonovae — disperse heavy elements…