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Does this planet have a “sibling” sharing the same orbit? (ESOcast 263 Light)
Does this planet have a “sibling” sharing the same orbit? (ESOcast 263 Light)
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have found the possible ‘sibling’ of a plane... Read more
19 Jul 2023
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1min
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Hidden views of vast stellar nurseries (ESOcast 262 Light)
Hidden views of vast stellar nurseries (ESOcast 262 Light)
Using ESO's VISTA telescope, astronomers have created a vast infrared atlas of five nearby stellar nurseries by piecing ... Read more
11 May 2023
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1min
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Observing the ashes of the first stars (ESOcast 261 Light)
Observing the ashes of the first stars (ESOcast 261 Light)
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have found the fingerprints left by the explosions of the first stars.
3 May 2023
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1min
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First image of a black hole expelling a powerful jet (ESOcast 260 Light)
First image of a black hole expelling a powerful jet (ESOcast 260 Light)
With the help of ALMA, astronomers have obtained a new image of the supermassive black hole at thecentre of the M87 gala... Read more
26 Apr 2023
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1min
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Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259)
Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259)
Using ALMA, astronomers have detected a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around the Spider... Read more
29 Mar 2023
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1min
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The Missing Link for Water in the Solar System (ESOcast 258 Light)
The Missing Link for Water in the Solar System (ESOcast 258 Light)
Using ALMA, astronomers have detected the chemical signature of gaseous water in the planet-forming disc V883 Orionis. T... Read more
8 Mar 2023
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1min
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Heaviest Element yet Detected in an Exoplanet Atmosphere (ESOcast 257 Light)
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Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, barium has been detected in the atmosphere of two exoplanets.
13 Oct 2022
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1min
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Hot Gas Bubble Swirling Around our Supermassive Black Hole (ESOcast 256 Light)
Hot Gas Bubble Swirling Around our Supermassive Black Hole (ESOcast 256 Light)
Using ALMA, astronomers have found a hot bubble of gas that swirls around Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre o... Read more
22 Sep 2022
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'Black Hole Police' Spot Extragalactic Black Hole (ESOcast 255 Light)
'Black Hole Police' Spot Extragalactic Black Hole (ESOcast 255 Light)
The black hole police, a team of astronomers known for debunking black hole discoveries, reported finding a "needle in a... Read more
18 Jul 2022
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1min
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What it Takes to Image a Black Hole
What it Takes to Image a Black Hole
What does it take to capture an image of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy? This video explains how the Event H... Read more
12 May 2022
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7mins
