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Wanna live and work in something like Mars' environment?

Here is the #ESO's Paranal Residencia, in Chile, where the #VLT, designed by German architects Auer+Weber as a subterranean L-shape, with a 35-metre dome covering an indoor garden; the use of natural materials and colours allows for a smooth integration in the Atacama’s landscape:

eso.org/public/archives/static
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESO_Hotel

[Observer #Io depuis le #PicDuMidi ?] Connue pour son #volcanisme actif et intense, la lune Io de #Jupiter éjecte chaque seconde une tonne de gaz ionisé composé d’atomes de soufre, d’oxygène et de sodium, enrichissant de #plasma la magnétosphère jovienne.

Les tores de gaz et de plasma d'Io sont facilement observables depuis la Terre avec un petit #télescope muni d’un #coronographe capable d’atténuer la lumière provenant de Jupiter. S'ensuit l'idée de mettre en place un réseau en longitude - notamment de petits télescopes au sommet du Pic du Midi afin de suivre l'évolution de l'activité volcanique à la surface d'Io ainsi que des tores de gaz et de plasma ...

Info+ : irap.omp.eu/2025/05/la-sulfure

(English version : irap.omp.eu/en/2025/05/the-sul)

From concept to cosmos: Webb #engineers on the #telescope that changed everything
The team behind the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope (#JWST) just scored the Simon Ramo Medal, given by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (#IEEE) for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science.
The award is well deserved, considering how the JWST – a project with contributors including #NASA, #ESA, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) – turned out.
theregister.com/2025/03/28/jam

The Register · From concept to cosmos: Webb engineers on the telescope that changed everythingBy Richard Speed

APOD from 2025-04-27

IC 418: The Spirograph #Nebula

The Spirograph Nebula (IC 418) displays mysterious patterns possibly due to its central star's chaotic winds. Once like our Sun, it evolved from a red giant to shedding its outer layers, leaving a core that will become a white dwarf. Located 2000 light-years away, this #Hubble image captures its enigmatic glow.

HD image at apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250427.ht #astronomy #telescope