In Spring 2021, the Very Large Telescope (VLT), equipped with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer MUSE, captured the first direct image of a myriad of unsuspected dwarf galaxies: a remarkable discovery for the European Southern Observatory (ESO)! Located in Chile,...
In late April 2021, the SuNSS spectrograph that comprises the PFS instrument (Prime Focus Spectrograph), has captured a night sky spectrum for the very first time. A very important milestone has thus been reached for the Kavli Institute for Physics and Universe...
On February 18, 2021, (Paris Time), after “seven minutes of terror”, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter landed unscathed on Jezero crater, following a 490-million-kilometre journey. On July 30, 2020, the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity...
On July 30, 2020, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA successfully launched both Perseverance robotic rover and Ingenuity helicopter using an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Landing is planned for February 18, 2021, in...
End of October 2019, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) installed on the Mayall Telescope has trained its network of 5,000 optical fibre “eyes” to see its “first light”. DESI is currently undergoing a series of tests, before starting scientific...
