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A computer simulation shows the light emitted from dust swirling at 30% the speed of light around a black hole. Incredibly strong gravity affects the path the light takes, creating the warped structure. Credit: ESO/Gravity Consortium/L. Calçada

Astronomers see material orbiting a black hole right at the edge of forever

By Phil Plait 6 years ago

A wide field view of the galaxy NGC 5018 and neighbors. Credit: ESO/Spavone et al.

An elliptical galaxy… kinda

By Phil Plait 6 years ago

The RCW 38 stellar cluster, embedded in thick gas and dust, imaged by the HAWK-I camera on the Very Large Telescope. Credit: ESO/K. Muzic

A HAWK-I peek inside a stellar nursery

By Phil Plait 6 years ago

vlt_tarantula_heroThe hugely sprawling Tarantula Nebula, a vast star-forming complex in a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO

The Tarantula Nebula is very, very big

By Phil Plait 6 years ago

Artist’s drawing of the contact binary V766 Centauri. Credit: ESO

Swole star

By Phil Plait 6 years ago

M77

Celestial sleuthing around a spectacular spiral galaxy

By Phil Plait 7 years ago