Editing New Technology Telescope (section)

== Science with the NTT ==

The NTT and its instrument have contributed for important discoveries since the telescope started working at La Silla. These include unravelling the mysterious Galactic centre,<ref>{{cite news |title= At Last: the Enigmatic Centre of the Milky Way Sighted! |publisher=[[ESO]] |date=1990-10-31 |url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso9013/|accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref> contributing to the observations of the first solar-like oscillations in another star,<ref>{{cite news |title= First Observations of Solar-Like Oscillations in Another Star (1) -- Minute temperature fluctuations detected in Eta Bootis. |publisher=ESO |date=1994-11-23 |url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso9416/|accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref> and breaking many distance records by finding new galaxies in the far-away Universe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/viewall/?search=%22New+Technology+Telescope%22%2B%22Science+Release%22|title=ESO Press Releases -- Search results for '"New Technology Telescope"+"Science Release"'|accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref> Most recently, the NTT helped detect a disc around a massive young star,<ref>{{cite news |title= Unravelling the Mystery of Massive Star Birth -- All Stars are Born the Same Way |publisher=ESO |date=2010-07-14 |url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1029/|accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref> solving the mystery of star formation in massive stars, and its observations were crucial to determine how asteroids are modified by solar wind.<ref>{{cite news |title= Solar wind tans young asteroids |publisher=ESO |date=2009-04-22 |url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0916/|accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref>

NTT observations of stars orbiting the centre of our Milky Way helped determine the mass and the radius of its supermassive black hole, effectively helping to confirm the existence of such a massive and compact object.<ref>{{cite news |title= Surfing a Black Hole -- Star Orbiting Massive Milky Way Centre Approaches to within 17 Light-Hours |publisher=ESO |date=2002-10-16 |url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0226/|accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Unprecedented 16-Year Long Study Tracks Stars Orbiting Milky Way Black Hole |publisher=ESO |date=2008-12-10 |url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0846/|accessdate=2011-05-18}}</ref>