In the desert of northern Chile, a new telescope has opened for business, completing a quartet of instruments collectively known as the Very Large Telescope. Each instrument gathers light with an
Image of the planetary nebula Hen 2-428 taken with the newest member of the Very Large Telescope quartet. Planetary nebulas are the outer layers of gas cast off by dying, sunlike stars.
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