"The Puzzle of Brueghel's Paintings of Telescopes", MIT Technology Review
"t’s hard to find an invention more emblematic of the birth of modern science than the telescope. And yet surprisingly little is known...
The mystery of the telescopes in Jan Brueghel the Elder's paintings
"Several early spyglasses are depicted in five paintings by Jan Brueghel the Elder completed between 1608 and 1625, as he was court...
UVES Observes Stellar Abundance Anomalies in Globular Clusters
"Globular clusters are very massive assemblies of stars. More than 100 are known in the Milky Way galaxy and most of them harbour several...
How old is the Universe?
"Most astronomers would agree that the age of the Universe - the time elapsed since the "Big Bang" - is one of the "holy grails of...
UVES Analyses the Universe: A First Portfolio of Most Promising Results
"Astronomers working with a major new instrument at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory have had a first taste...
