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24 February 2021

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[ 22 February 2021 ] Video provides thrilling bird’s eye view of Mars landing News
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[ 12 February 2021 ] ‘Farfarout’ confirmed to be really, seriously far out News
[ 11 February 2021 ] A surprising swarm of black holes found in nearby globular cluster News

Viewing the moon through a VERY large telescope

27 December 2018 Astronomy Now

While removing a decommissioned instrument from one of the four telescopes making up the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers took time to enjoy an unprecedented view of the Moon.

Infant galactic supercluster found in early universe

18 October 2018 Astronomy Now

Astronomers have found a proto-supercluster of galaxies in the very early universe, the most massive structure yet found in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang.