Open Sesame!
The doors of our Extremely Large Telescope have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.
The ELT dome and its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert in #Chile.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/
ESO/ACe
if you follow #DogsOfMastodon #CatsOfMastodon #asstodon #astrodon #BirdsOfMastodon #mosstodon #bloomscrolling your timeline will be infinitesimally better 
Learn more about the fascinating moons of our solar system—and the secrets they hold: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moons/
There are 891 confirmed moons in our solar system (so far). As telescopes become more powerful and space missions venture deeper, we’ll likely find more hidden worlds—small, icy, and mysterious—circling the distant giants. The story of our solar system’s moons is still unfolding.
~*~ We are all stardust. But so is garbage. ~*~
Ich bin sehr froh, den stardust Racoon im letzten Augenblick noch im Buch untergebracht zu haben 
Right in time for #Halloween 
The VLT Survey Telescope has spotted a spooky bat flying over Paranal in #Chile. But fear not, it's located 10,000 light-years away.
What looks like a "cosmic bat" is in fact a large cloud of cosmic gas and dust where new stars are being born. Let's fly through it in this video...if you dare! 
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2518/
ESO/VPHAS+ team/VVV team
In case you are still working on your jack -o'-lantern (and have advanced beyond triangles, which I have not
) -- here are some neat templates from #JWST #NASA team!
& more templates: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/webb/space-pumpkin/
