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The European Southern Observatory designs, builds & operates world-class observatories on the ground for the benefit of society   🇨🇱 @ESO_Chile
Garching, Germany
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    Mar 24, 2025
    We have landed on new social media spaces! 📱 Find us on BlueSky & Mastodon. We have also launched broadcast channels on Instagram and WhatsApp, a LinkedIn newsletter, and revived our Threads profile! 🤩 Explore what we’ll be sharing on each channel: orlo.uk/KbhiZ
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    May 12, 2022
    📢 Breaking news: Meet the Black Hole at the Centre of our Galaxy! Astronomers have unveiled the 1st image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. The image was produced by a global research team @ehtelescope 📷EHT Collaboration
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    Apr 10, 2019
    #BreakingNews Astronomers capture first image of a #BlackHole! @ESO @almaobs & APEX contributed to observations of gargantuan black hole at the heart of galaxy Messier 87. #RealBlackHole Web: eso.org/eht Press Release: eso.org/public/news/es… Credit: EHT Collaboration
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    Jul 18, 2018
    Supersharp images of planet #Neptune. New technique called laser tomography allows ESO to capture images from the ground at visible wavelengths that are sharper than those from #Hubble Credit: @ESO /P. Weibacher (AIP) socsi.in/XUQ4c
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    Jul 22, 2021
    1/ Astronomers made the first clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet, using @almaobs , in which ESO is a partner. 🔗eso.org/public/news/es… Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Benisty et al.
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    Jan 12, 2022
    1/ Did you watch #DontLookUp by @GhostPanther ? Fun fact: when Dr. Mindy is scribbling orbital equations on a whiteboard, that’s actually our own @MichaelMarsset , currently an @ESO fellow in Chile!
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    Mar 24, 2021
    1/ The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, have imaged the magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole. #RealBlackHole #EHTblackhole Credit: @ehtelescope eso.org/public/news/es…
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    Jan 13, 2020
    1/10 All eyes on #Betelgeuse these days. What’s happening to this well-known star in the constellation of #Orion?
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    Apr 10, 2021
    A full moon rises behind the dormant Lullaillaco volcano, which is located in the Chilean Atacama desert. This desert is also home to ESO's La Silla and Paranal observatories. 🔗 orlo.uk/VkvM6 Credit: @ESO /G.Hüdepohl
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    May 27, 2021
    1/ Our jaws just dropped: check out this stunning image of the #LunarEclipse2021 that our friend @YBeletsky shared with us, with the eclipsed Moon right above ESO's Paranal Observatory 🤩 Credit: Y. Beletsky (LCO)
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    May 20, 2020
    1/4 Observations with ESO’s SPHERE instrument on the Very Large Telescope have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born. Credit: @ESO /Boccaletti et al. eso.org/public/news/es…
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    Dec 8, 2021
    1/ Our Very Large Telescope has captured a direct image of a planet orbiting b Centauri the hottest and most massive planet-hosting star pair found to date! 🔗 eso.org/public/news/es… Credit: @ESO /Janson et al.
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    Apr 10, 2019
    This 17-minute film explores the efforts that led to this historic #RealBlackHole image, from the science of Einstein and Schwarzschild to the struggles and successes of the @ehtelescope collaboration.
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    In the Shadow of the Black Hole
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    Feb 9, 2023
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