The VISA Variables Telescope, located at the European Space Observatory’s Paranal Observatory, used infrared detection technology that allowed the stars, described by astronomers as “tiny and faint objects,” to be […]
The Milky Way as seen near the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert. Credit: ESO/Y. Beletsky The Chilean Atacama Desert boasts some of the darkest skies on Earth – […]
Public release date: 22-Oct-2010 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Barbara Kennedy science@psu.edu 814-863-4682 Penn State Astronomers in Japan, using an X-ray detector on the International Space Station, and […]