"The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) has achieved first light at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. This project will search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star’s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments. The telescopes will focus on discovering Neptune-sized and smaller planets, with diameters between two and eight times that of Earth."
www.eso.org/public/news/eso1502/
I'm sure that many of you are aware of this but I thought it would be interesting to those who want to share how big science is not limited to big telescopes.
