On Friday, March 23, the first blast is scheduled to occur at Las Campanas Peak in Chile, at high noon US Eastern Daylight Time. It marks the beginning of mountain leveling and site preparation for the Giant 24,5m Magellan Telescope to be completed in 2018

The sinking of the ocean liner Titanic 100 years ago is perhaps the most famous--and most studied--disaster of the 20th century. Countless books and movies have examined in great detail the actions, choices and mistakes that led to the Titanic colliding with an iceberg the night of April 14, 1912, and sinking within hours, with 1500 people losing their lives in the icy waters of the North Atlantic.

A collection of science materials from the family of Sir John F. W. Herschel (1792–1871) is now open for research after a grant enabled staffers to rehouse the collection and to create an online inventory.

4 special telescopes to fire laser beams high into the atmosphere to create artificial stars have been delivered to ESO. These are vital components of the Four Laser Guide Star Facility (4LGSF) for ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)