How does the future optical/near-infrared telescope match up against the world’s grandest sights

How does the future optical/near-infrared telescope match up against the world’s grandest sights
The remarkable detail reveals the individual astronomical objects that make up the celestial bird, as well as the finer features within them
The recent detection of flares circling the heavy-weight objects has revealed how they grow and consume matter
This result is the culmination of 26 years of observations made by the Very Large Telescope in Chile
This amazing spectacle helps astronomers understand how stellar youngsters affect their gaseous and dusty environments
The newly-discovered exoplanet shows promising signs for habitability
Galactic member NGC 1316 has been found to be a goldmine of information
An international team of cosmologists have used data from the intergalactic medium – the vast, largely empty space between galaxies – to narrow down what dark matter could be
The strongest evidence yet that the formation of hefty stars follow a path similar to their lower-mass cousins has been found
Hauntingly glowing in the darkness of space, the planetary nebula ESO 378-1 cuts an eerie figure
When the European Southern Observatory needs a star, it just creates its own
We zoomed into this fascinating structure and took a look