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VLT Confirms Ancient, Non‑Solar Chemistry in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

New isotope measurements point to formation in the cold outer disk of an ancient low‑metallicity star, reshaping ideas about planetesimal diversity across the galaxy.

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Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

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6mo ago

White Dwarf Without Disk Has Driven Thousand-Year Bow Shock, VLT Study Finds

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6mo ago

Astronomers Spot Long-Lived Bow Shock Around Diskless White Dwarf, Defying Models

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7mo ago

Starlight Falls Short: Study Finds Dust-Driven Winds Don’t Work for Nearby Red Giant

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7mo ago

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

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8mo ago

VLT Captures Olive-Shaped Shock Breakout From Nearby Supernova

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8mo ago

Astronomers Capture a Supernova’s Olive-Shaped Shock Breakout Within a Day

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8mo ago

VLT Captures Earliest Geometry of Supernova SN 2024ggi With Symmetric ‘Olive’ Ejecta

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9mo ago

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

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9mo ago

Rogue Planet Cha 1107-7626 Undergoes Record Accretion Burst Detected by JWST and VLT

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9mo ago

Rogue Planet Cha 1107‑7626 Caught in Record Growth Spurt at 6 Billion Tons per Second

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9mo ago

Free-Floating Planet Registers Record Growth Burst Spotted by ESO’s VLT

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10mo ago

VLT Spectra Reveal Gas Ring Around V Sagittae, Hinting at Likely Nova in Coming Years

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10mo ago

Day-Long, Repeating Gamma-Ray Burst From Distant Galaxy Challenges Standard Models

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10mo ago

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

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Global Telescopes Capture Active Coma of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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VLT Confirms Ancient, Non‑Solar Chemistry in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

White Dwarf Without Disk Has Driven Thousand-Year Bow Shock, VLT Study Finds

Astronomers Spot Long-Lived Bow Shock Around Diskless White Dwarf, Defying Models

Starlight Falls Short: Study Finds Dust-Driven Winds Don’t Work for Nearby Red Giant

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

VLT Captures Olive-Shaped Shock Breakout From Nearby Supernova

Astronomers Capture a Supernova’s Olive-Shaped Shock Breakout Within a Day

VLT Captures Earliest Geometry of Supernova SN 2024ggi With Symmetric ‘Olive’ Ejecta

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

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Rogue Planet Cha 1107-7626 Undergoes Record Accretion Burst Detected by JWST and VLT

Rogue Planet Cha 1107‑7626 Caught in Record Growth Spurt at 6 Billion Tons per Second

Free-Floating Planet Registers Record Growth Burst Spotted by ESO’s VLT

VLT Spectra Reveal Gas Ring Around V Sagittae, Hinting at Likely Nova in Coming Years

Day-Long, Repeating Gamma-Ray Burst From Distant Galaxy Challenges Standard Models

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

Telescopes Witness Key Stages of Planet Formation in Three Young Star Systems

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Unveils Glowing Coma and Tail

New VLT Observations Reveal Active Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Global Telescopes Capture Active Coma of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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