Look up!

In search of the darkest and most pristine skies, French astrophotographer Martin Lefranc and colleagues visited our Very Large Telescope (VLT) in #Chile.

The sight that they were met with was nothing but surreal. And this mesmerizing fish-eye view captured outside the VLT speaks for itself 🤩

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2536a/

M. Lefranc/ESO

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We see news about the discoveries of exoplanets quite often. But they're really far away, much fainter and smaller than their host stars. So how do we find them?

This is your "Exoplanet Hunting 101" guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA47z3TGU1c

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