Ever heard the term "galactic archaeology"? It refers to astronomers using stars as fossils to understand the history of the Milky Way and some nearby galaxies.

My colleague Rebecca Forsberg, one our science communication interns at ESO, is working on this topic for her PhD, and she just wrote this lovely piece about how ESO's Very Large Telescope and ESA's Gaia mission joined forces to unveil the secrets of our home galaxy:

➡️ https://www.eso.org/public/blog/galactic-archaeology/

📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi

#astrodon #astronomy

RT @[email protected]

⚠️Update: the re-entry window of #CZ5B has narrowed down to 2022-11-04 09:38:39 UTC ±111 min. #EUSST contributing sensors keep monitoring the object closely & Operations Centres are performing analyses. Stay tuned for more updates. Read more: https://www.eusst.eu/newsroom/eu-sst-monitors-reentry-object-cz5b #LongMarch5B

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/EU_SST/status/1588344263871299585

Harvest Moon over Sicily

Image Credit & Copyright: Dario Giannobile

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220915.html #APOD

Cocoon Nebula Wide Field

Image Credit & Copyright: Andy Ermolli

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221026.html #APOD