Animation of the orbit of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Artist’s animation of the surface of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESOcast 236 Light: First interstellar comet may be the most pristine ever found New observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) indicate that the rogue comet 2I/Borisov, which is only the second and most recently detected interstellar visitor to our Solar System, is one of the most pristine ever observed. This […]

Flight over Paranal ESO Video Casts Go to Source

From Europe to La Silla ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESOcast 235 Light: Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at Black Hole’s Edge The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has today revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of the Messier 87 galaxy: how it looks in polarised light. This is the first […]

Zooming-in to the heart of M87 to see a new view of its black hole ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Animated view of Jupiter showing comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 impact sites ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Powerful stratospheric winds near Jupiter’s south pole (animation) ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Flight to ESO ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESOcast 234 Light: Most distant quasar with powerful radio jets discovered With the help of ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered and studied in detail the most distant source of radio emission known to date. The source is a “radio-loud” quasar — a bright object with powerful jets emitting at radio wavelengths — that […]

Zooming-in on the remote quasar P172+18 ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Artist’s animation of the TOI-178 orbits and resonances (sound on!) ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESOcast 233 Light: Six-Exoplanet System with Rhythmic Movement Challenges Theories of How Planets Form Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare rhythm around their central star. This video […]

Animated artist’s impression of the six-exoplanet system ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Artist’s animated view of a rocky exoplanet ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope teaser ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Zooming in on the Skull Nebula ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESOcast 232 Light: Stars and Skulls Captured in astounding detail by ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), the eerie Skull Nebula is showcased in a new image in beautiful pink and red tones. This planetary nebula is the first known to be associated with a pair of closely bound stars orbited by a third outer star. […]

“Unseen Universe” trailer (German version) ESO Video Casts Go to Source