Researchers have uncovered the magnetic properties and underlying mechanisms of a novel magnet using advanced optical ...

During the first light observations, several test targets were observed using the many different modes of SPHERE. These include one of the best images so far of the ring of dust around the nearby ...

A new scientific instrument for detecting and observing remote exoplanets has been successfully installed on Unit 3 of the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and has returned its first images.

The light moved in a straight line if it encountered no spheres. But light rays that came close to a sphere got bent. Any beam that came within about 10 micrometers of a sphere was whipped around it.