Mankind’s key to the origin of Universe

Sine time man always searches for the origin or the universe and the existence of life beyond space. Now mankind had found the key that will unravels the mystery and beauty of the universe. From a peak in northern Chile, the largest visible-light telescope in the world has captured stunning images of the cosmos in never-before-seen detail.

 The astronomers at the Paranal Observatory construct crystal-clear pictures via this Laser Guide Star method. The LGS is used as a location for the adaptive optics system of the Very Large Telescope array, the four deformable mirror-based telescopes at the top of Cerro Paranal, Chile.

They were monitoring the simulated star and electronic systems of the VLT can give back for atmospheric distortion deforming the telescopes mirrors in real time. The results are crystal clear pictures that equal those of the Hubble.

Tommaso Maccacaro, head of the INAF, said in an ESO press release. "I am very pleased to see the VST in action. The VST project has surmounted many difficulties but it is now repaying, with its excellent image quality, the potential of the astronomical community and the efforts of the many people at INAF (Italian National Institute for Astrophysics) involved in its construction.”

The ESO images are the fruits of the new VLT Survey Telescope and the "monster camera," OmegaCAM, which produces 268-megapixel images.

The new telescope sits among four other high-powered instruments on the summit of Cerro Paranal in Chile's Atacama Desert, an optimum location far enough from city lights to view celestial wonders.