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Happy Holidays from The European Southern Observatory! FriendsofNASA.org: As the Year 2024 comes to an end, we want to send you astronomically good wishes for the holidays and the best for the upcoming new year! Spectacular images of stars inside and outside our galaxy, new insights into black holes, new exoplanets . . . 2024 was full of amazing discoveries. In the past year, the European Southern Observatory’s largest project, the Extremely Large Telescope, surpassed 60% of its total completion

Stars orbiting the Milky Way's black hole In 2008, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) released the results of 16-year long study tracking Milky Way stars that appear to be orbiting "nothing," lending evidence to the theory that a supermassive black hole lies at the center of our galaxy. "By watching the motions of 28 stars orbiting the Milky Way's most central region with admirable patience and amazing precision, astronomers have been able to study the supermassive black hole lurking there.