First Light for SPECULOOS
A new quartet of planet-hunting telescopes is ready to begin operations at ESO's Paranal Observatory.
The SPECULOOS project has made its first observations at a site in northern Chile...
...also home to ESO's Very Large Telescope.
SPECULOOS, named after the delicious spiced biscuit, is the Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars.
The project's four telescopes will search for Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of nearby brown dwarfs and ultra-cool stars.
With one thousand stars to study, astronomers expect to find a host of new planetary neighbours...
...and to learn more about these fascinating alien worlds.
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