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

“Unseen Universe” trailer ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Death by spaghettification: artistic animation of star being tidally disrupted by a black hole ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Zooming in on AT2019qiz ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESOcast 231 Light: Death by Spaghettification Using telescopes from ESO and other organisations around the world, astronomers have spotted a rare blast of light from a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. This video summarises the findings. ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Zooming in on the web of the supermassive black hole ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Animation of the web of the supermassive black hole ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Animation: a fly-to Venus ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Animation: zooming in on Venus ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESOcast 230 Light: Possible Marker of Life Spotted on Venus ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Artistic animation of the warped and torn apart disc of GW Orionis ESO Video Casts Go to Source

How GW Orionis got its ring (computer simulation) ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Artistic animation of the stellar movements in GW Orionis ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESOcast 229 Light: Planet-forming Disc Torn Apart by its Three Central Stars A team of astronomers used ALMA and ESO telescopes to study a peculiar system, GW Orionis, and to identify the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings. This video provides […]

SPT0418-47: lensed view to reconstructed view ESO Video Casts Go to Source

Gravitational lensing of the distant SPT0418-47 galaxy (schematic) ESO Video Casts Go to Source

ESOcast 228 Light: ALMA Sees Most Distant Milky Way Look-alike Astronomers using ALMA, in which the ESO is a partner, have revealed an extremely distant galaxy that looks surprisingly like our Milky Way. This video summarises their findings. ESO Video Casts Go to Source

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. ESO Video Casts Go to Source