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25 April 2018

The ALMA and APEX telescopes have peered deep into space — back to the time when the Universe was one tenth of its current age — and witnessed the beginnings of gargantuan cosmic pileups: the impending collisions of young, starburst galaxies. Astronomers thought that these events occurred around three billion years after the Big Bang, so they were surprised when the new observations revealed them happening when the Universe was only half that age! These ancient systems of galaxies are thought to be building the most massive structures in the known Universe: galaxy clusters.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1812/

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25 April 2018




  ESO Announcements


Contract Signed for ELT Primary Mirror Segment Supports

19 April 2018: ESO has signed a contract with VDL ETG Projects B.V. (the Netherlands) for the manufacture, assembly, testing and delivery of the Segment Support Mechanics for the primary mirror of ...

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Opening campaign for the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre

18 April 2018: On 28 April 2018, the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre will open its doors to the public. The inauguration of the centre will be celebrated with a series of ...

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  ESOblog


Making Laser Guide Stars Even Brighter — ESO physicist Domenico Bonaccini Calia tells us about newly-developed laser technology

Interview with: Domenico Bonaccini Calia

20 April 2018: Scheduled for first light in the 2020s, a powerful new class of giant telescopes will study the Universe in more detail than ever before — as long as their adaptive ...

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A Night in the Life of an Astronomer

Interview with: Anita Zanella

13 April 2018: When most people picture an astronomer, they imagine a man in glasses peering up at the Universe through the lens of a huge telescope. While this might have been accurate ...

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