ESO

This week though I had no doubts that I wouldn’t be the only one excited as I discussed the ambitious Breakthrough Starshot mission to reach another star.

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has decided to build a massive space telescope on top of Cerro Armazones in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. This will be the largest telescope on the planet, sporting a 39 meter wide mirror that will capturing both visible and infrared wavelengths of light.

Magnetars are stars that are incredibly dense, rapidly spinning, amazingly hot and the most magnetic objects known in the universe.