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Astronomer for ESO @ Paranal
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1/ A new night begins at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, and comet C/2024 G3 makes a grand entrance ☄️ 😎 With it, a swarm of satellites – a growing concern for the darkest skies in the world... 🔭 🧪 📹 B. Häußler/ESO

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Hubble is searching for an imposter in the spiral galaxy UGC 5460! 🥸 This galaxy hosted two recent supernovae, one of which might actually turn out to be an impostor called a luminous blue variable 👉 esahubble.org/images/potw2...

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Although operated by ESO, the VLT Survey Telescope provides its images in full service of the italian Istituto Nazionale (INAF): www.eso.org/public/image...

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ESA - Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

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There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 of them on an asteroid millions of miles away. www.space.com/the-universe...

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