The Messenger No. 166 Now Available

(Before It's News)

The latest edition of ESO’s quarterly journal, The Messenger, is now available online. Find out the latest news from ESO on topics ranging from new instruments to the latest science discoveries.

Highlights of this edition include:

• Reaching New Heights in Astronomy — ESO Long Term Perspectives
• VLT/VLTI Second-Generation Instrumentation: Lessons Learned
• Science-Grade Imaging Data for HAWK-I, VIMOS, and VIRCAM: The ESO–UK Pipeline Collaboration
• A Deep ALMA Image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
• First ALMA Detection of a Galaxy Cluster Merger Shock

Download The Messenger in PDF format or visit The Messenger website to subscribe and receive a free printed copy.

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Courtesy of European Southern Observatory

• Young, Thin and Hyperactive: That’s What Outlier Galaxies Look Like
• Space and Quakes (3rd Update – 5.6 quake in Solomon Islands) (2nd Update – 5.0 quakes in the Philippines and Ecuador) (Update – Tropical Storm forms in Indian Ocean) (19 quakes of 5+ and 2 quakes of 6+ so far for today)
• OSIRIS-REX Spacecraft Will Search for Earth-Trojan Asteroids!
• Two NASA Satellites Slated For 2017 Launch Will Focus on Edge of Space
• Boron Found on Mars for the First Time
• Spectrum of Antimatter Observed for First Time
• New Study Says Proxima b Could Support Life
• Planet-Eating ‘Death Star’ Discovered! (Wow Video)
• Columbia’s conservation
• Preparing for the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse