The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution of the debris cloud created by the smash-up over the course of a month; ...
"We really needed the sensitivity of JWST. We also needed the 100 times magnification from gravitational lensing from a ...
The trip took place in July 2024 and took 6 days. Over that time, the flying observatory looked at two main sources: the Crab ...
Mysterious nickel gas detected in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing unexpected chemistry at enormous distances from the ...