ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here we explore the Universe's ultimate frontier. The ESOcast HD is presented in High Definition.
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ESOcast 227 Light: Stunning Space Butterfly Captured by ESO Telescope
Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have imaged a 'space butterfly', a planetary nebula known as NGC 2899. This video offers stunning views of this object and the science behind it.
ESOcast 226 Light: First Image of a Multi-Planet System Around a Sun-like Star
The SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets.
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ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here we explore the Universe's ultimate frontier. The ESOcast HD is presented in High Definition.
ESOcast 225 Light: ESO Telescope Captures Disappearance of Massive Star
Astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy with ESO’s Very Large Telescope. This video offers a summary of the research.
ESOcast 224: First Interstellar Visitors to the Solar System
In this ESOcast, we explore some of the many questions interstellar visitors 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov have raised including: what are they made of? How did they form? Are they like the comets or asteroids in our Solar System? And finally, what can
ESOcast Light 223: Hot Stars are Plagued by Giant Magnetic Spots
Astronomers using ESO telescopes have discovered giant spots on the surface of extremely hot stars hidden in stellar clusters. This video offers a summary of the discovery.
ESOcast 222: Ten Fascinating Paradoxes about the Universe
This video lets you see some of the many things we do not understand in the Universe, and the strange and surreal paradoxes in what we think we understand…
ESOcast 221 Light: ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth
Observations with ESO’s SPHERE instrument on the Very Large Telescope have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born.
ESOcast 220 Light: Closest Black Hole to Earth Found
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found to date and forms part of a
ESOcast 219 Light: Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole
ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a star dancing around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. The observations have revealed, for the first time, that the star’s orbit is shaped like a rosette and not like an ellipse.