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A simulation of a star system that was supposed to include the black hole closest to us, but in the end it was clarified that there is no black hole. Photo: ESO

A system in which the "closest black hole" is allegedly found does not include a black hole

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In 2020, a team led by astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) reported the closest black hole to Earth, which is only 1000 light years away. But other researchers have disputed their results. After further observations from the ground and from space, both the original researchers and their critics came to the conclusion that there is no black hole
Observations made with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way moves exactly as Einstein predicted in his theory of general relativity. Its orbit is in the shape of a rosette and not in the shape of an ellipse as Newton predicted in his theory of gravity. Figure: ESO

ESO's Giant Telescope in Chile watched the star dance around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way; Proves that Einstein was right

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The predicted planet with a mass 3.2 times that of Earth orbits the red dwarf known as Barnard's Star. Figure: ESO

Super Earth orbits Barnard's star

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This image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3981 was taken by the FORS2 instrument on ESO's VLT. The galaxy NGC 3981 is located in the southern constellation Crater, about 65 million light-years from Earth. Photo: ESO

The galaxy photographed by the world's largest telescope just because of its beauty

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The contours seen on the surface of the red giant π1 Gruis are heat convection cells, in which hot plasma moves up from the depths of the star, cools, and returns back inside. Despite the blur in the image, she breaks new ground in her ability to observe the star's disk from a distance of 530 light years, and for the first time identify this phenomenon directly on a star other than our sun. Source: ESO.

Astronomers discovered huge "bubbles" on the face of a red giant

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A simulation of a supermassive black hole with an accretion disk around it. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

A method that significantly improves the measurement of the mass of black holes in the centers of galaxies

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Artist's rendering of Proxima b The planet orbiting the red dwarf Proxima Centauri. The double star Alpha Cantauri A and B appears in the image between the planet and its sun. Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser

ESO confirms: Terrestrial planet discovered around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System

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"The Great Attractor" - Illustration: Perks Radio Observatory

The "Great Attractor" mystery has (probably) been solved - hundreds of galaxies hidden behind the Milky Way have been discovered

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Weizmann Institute scientists analyzed the composition of the elements emitted from a rare star, just before it exploded

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An unprecedented photograph of the object Herbig-Haro 46/47 combining radio observations from the Alma Observatory with much shorter wavelength photographs of visible light from ESO's New Technology Telescope. Alma observations (orange and green, lower right) of the newborn star reveal a large energetic jet moving away from us, hidden by the dust and gas in the nebula where the star was born. On the left side (in pink and purple) we see the visible part of the jet, partially flying towards us. Photo: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Chile: A telescope photographed a star born only 1,400 light years from Earth

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An artist's impression of the surface of Maki-Maki, a dwarf planet whose orbit is far from that of Pluto. (ESO/L. Calçada/Nick Risinger)

The mysteries of the disappearing atmosphere of Maki-Maki

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Artist's impression of the planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B. Image: ESO

Good thing it's close: a planet the size of the earth was discovered orbiting the sun closest to us - Alpha Centauri B

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The European Southern Observatory's Vista telescope at Parnell in Chile captured this spectacular image of the Helical Nebula. Credit: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson.

"The Eye of God" changed its color from blue to brown

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Imaging of the giant telescope E-ELT of the European Southern Observatory in Chile

The giant European telescope is on its way - the biggest eye in the sky

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The pair of "Eyes" galaxies in the Virgo cluster of galaxies. Photo: ESO

A pair of galaxies make up the eyes of the universe

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Newly discovered open clusters. Photo: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

96 open clusters were discovered in and behind the Milky Way dust lane

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ULAS J1120+0641 - the most distant quasar - its light reaches us as seen 770 million years after the Big Bang. Figure: ESO

The most distant quasar to date has been discovered

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The star formation region ngc_6729t. Photo: ESO

Newborn stars make names in their delivery room

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A planet from another galaxy (right) and its star (left), the yellowish star HIP 13044 in the lower right and its planet HIP 13044 b. This solar system is a remnant of a dwarf galaxy that was engulfed by the Milky Way billions of years ago. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada

A planet without a galaxy

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Artist's impression shows the planetary system around the Sun-like star HD 10180. Copyright: ESO/L Calçada

A solar system similar to ours has been discovered

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Artist's illustration of a double asteroid. Image: ESO, European Southern Observatory, European Space Agency.

Astronomers from Tel Aviv University reveal the origin of "separated pairs of asteroids"

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Comparison of the sizes of stars of different types - red dwarf, solar-type star, blue dwarf and the recently discovered star Comparison of the sizes of different types of stars - red dwarf, solar-type star, blue dwarf and the recently discovered star R136a1. Figure: European Southern Observatory ESO

The heaviest star has been discovered - 300 times that of the Sun

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Artist's impression of a disk surrounding a young giant star. Astronomers have for the first time been able to clearly look at a disk of dust closely surrounding a young giant star. This discovery provides direct evidence that massive stars form in the same way as their smaller brothers and thus closes a heated debate. The artist's rendering shows what such a massive disk might look like. Photo: ESO/L. Calçada

Meet the Titans: A disc of dust has been found around a massive star

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Illustration of the Rocketplane commercial space plane

The extra large telescope that Europe wants to build in Chile

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The not-so-distant relative of the Milky Way

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