ESOcast
266 videos • 174,293 views • by European Southern Observatory (ESO)
ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO -- Astronomy made on planet Earth.
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Supernovae give rise to black holes or neutron stars | ESOcast Light
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Stellar disc discovered in another galaxy! | ESOcast Light
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Does this planet have a “sibling” sharing the same orbit? | ESOcast Light
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Hidden views of vast stellar nurseries | ESOcast Light
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Observing the ashes of the first stars | ESOcast Light
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First image of a black hole expelling a powerful jet | ESOcast Light
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Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259)
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The Missing Link for Water in the Solar System (ESOcast 258 Light)
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Heaviest Element yet Detected in an Exoplanet Atmosphere (ESOcast 257 Light)
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Hot Gas Bubble Swirling Around our Supermassive Black Hole (ESOcast 256 Light)
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'Black Hole Police' Spot Extragalactic Black Hole (ESOcast 255 Light)
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What it Takes to Image a Black Hole
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Micronovae – a New Kind of Stellar Explosion (ESOcast 254 Light)
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Largest Molecule yet Spotted in a Planet-forming Disc (ESOcast 253 Light)
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Closest Black Hole or no Black Hole at all…? (ESOcast 252)
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Uncovering a Black Hole in an Immense Dust Cloud (ESOcast 251 Light)
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Ultralight Planet Found Next Door (ESOcast 250 Light)
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Rogue planets uncovered (ESOcast 249 Light)
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Watch Stars Move Around our Galaxy’s Central Black Hole (ESOcast 248 Light)
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Surprise planet found around extreme star pair (ESOcast 247 Light)
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Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course (ESOcast 246 Light)
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Black Hole Discovered in Galaxy Next Door (ESOcast 245 Light)
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Finding the stars that help with our dental health (ESOcast 244 Light)
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Meet 42 Asteroids in Our Solar System (ESOcast 243 Light)
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A neighbouring planetary system reveals its secrets (ESOcast 242 Light)
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Why Do We Even Need Big Telescopes? (ESOcast 241)
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Peeking at a Distant Moon-Forming Disc (ESOcast Light 240)
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Cosmic fireworks reveal newborn stars (ESOcast Light 239)
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Who Turned off the Lights on Betelgeuse? (ESOcast 238 Light)
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Testbed Asteroid Hunter Sees First Light (ESOcast 237 Light)
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ESOcast 236 Light: First interstellar comet may be the most pristine ever found
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ESOcast 235 Light: Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at Black Hole's Edge
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ESOcast 234 Light: Most distant quasar with powerful radio jets discovered
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ESOcast 233 Light: Six-Exoplanet System w. Rhythmic Movement Challenges Theories of How Planets Form
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ESOcast 232 Light: Stars and Skulls
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ESOcast 231 Light: Death by Spaghettification
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ESOcast 230 Light: Possible Marker of Life Spotted on Venus
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ESOcast 229 Light : Planet-forming DiscTorn Apart by its Three Central Stars
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ESOcast 228 Light: ALMA Sees MostDistant Milky Way Look-alike
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ESOcast 227 Light: Stunning Space Butterfly Captured by ESO Telescope
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ESOcast 226 Light: First Image of a Multi-Planet System Around a Sun-like Star
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ESOcast 225 Light: ESO Telescope Captures Disappearance of Massive Star
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ESOcast 224: First Interstellar Visitors to the Solar System
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ESOcast Light 223: Hot Stars are Plagued by Giant Magnetic Spots
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ESOcast 222: Ten Fascinating Paradoxes about the Universe
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ESOcast 221 Light: ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth
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ESOcast 220 Light: Closest Black Hole to Earth Found
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ESOcast 219 Light: Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole
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ESO astronomy at home
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ESOcast 218: The Stranger Exoplanets
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ESOcast 217 Light: ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Dim Betelgeuse
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ESOcast 216 Light: ALMA Catches Beautiful Outcome of Stellar Fight
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ESOcast 215 Light: Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks Revealed
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ESOcast 214 Light: A Black Holes' Breakfast at the Cosmic Dawn
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ESOcast 213 Light: Stunning stars in the Milky Way central region
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ESOcast 212 Light: First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found
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ESOcast 211 Light: ESO Telescope Reveals What Could be the Smallest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
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ESOcast 210 Light: First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision
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ESOcast 209: Outreach and Science During the Total Solar Eclipse at La Silla
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ESOcast 208 Light: A Cosmic Pretzel (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 207 Light: Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil halo (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 206 Light: VISTA Unveils the Large Magellanic Cloud (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 205 Light: The Rosy Glow of a Cosmic Seagull
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ESOcast 204 Light: La Silla Total Solar Eclipse Concludes
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ESOcast 203: Chile Chill 13 — Celestial Symphony
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ESOcast 202 Light: ESO helps protect Earth from dangerous asteroids
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ESOcast 201 Light: ATTRACT
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ESOcast 200 Light: ESO helps map the Galaxy
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ESOcast 199 Light: Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole
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ESOcast 198 Light: La Silla Observatory turns 50!
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ESOcast 197 Light: GRAVITY uncovers stormy exoplanet skies
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ESOcast 196 Light: 20 Years of exploring the Universe
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ESOcast 195 Light: A Cosmic Bat in Flight
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ESOcast 194: Cutting Edge of Contemporary Astronomy
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ESOcast 193 Light: Bubbles of Brand New Stars
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ESOcast 192 Light: GRAVITY Resolves a Gravitationally Microlensed Star
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ESOcast 191 Light: A Fleeting Moment in Time
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ESOcast 190: Chile Chill 12 — Fire in the Heavens
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ESOcast 189 Light: World’s Largest Array of Gamma-Ray Telescope comes to Paranal
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ESOcast 188 Light: Dancing with the Enemy
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ESOcast 187 Light: First Light for SPECULOOS
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ESOcast 186: Engineers at ESO
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ESOcast 185 Light: Cosmic Serpent
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ESOcast 184 Light: Super-Earth Orbiting Barnard’s Star (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 183 Light: Stunning Exoplanet Time-lapse (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 182 Light: ALMA and MUSE Detect Galactic Fountain (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 181 Light: Most Detailed Observations of Material Orbiting close to a Black Hole (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 180 Light: The Pirate of the Southern Skies (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 179 Light: Largest Galaxy Proto-Supercluster Found (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 178 Light: A Universe Aglow (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 177 Light: A Galactic Gem (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 176 Light: Building the Biggest Optical Telescope in the World (4K UHD) | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 175 Light: Stars and Dust in the Carina Nebula (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 174 Light: Elliptical Elegance (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 173: First Successful Test of Einstein’s General Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole
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ESOcast 172 Light: Supersharp Images from New VLT Adaptive Optics (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 171 Light: Colourful Celestial Landscape (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 170: Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre el eclipse solar total de 2019
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ESOcast 170: All you need to know about total solar eclipse 2019
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ESOcast 169 Light: First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 168: NEOs — Near Earth Objects
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ESOcast 167: VLT sees `Oumuamua getting a boost
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ESOcast 166 Light: New test of Einstein’s general relativity (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 165: Fast Track Your Career with the ESO Fellowship Programmes
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ESOcast 164 Light: ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 163 Light: Too Many Massive Stars in Starburst Galaxies (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 162 Light: A Crowded Neighbourhood (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 161 Light: Distant galaxy reveals very early star formation (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 160 Light: Lost in Space (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 159: Stan Dart: Supernova
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ESOcast 158 Light: A New Supernova Over Munich (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 157 Light: Ancient Galaxy Pileups (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 156 Light: Weird and Wonderful Dusty Discs (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 155 Light: Dead Star Circled by Light (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 154 Light: ALMA Reveals Inner Web of Stellar Nursery (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 153 Light: First Light For MATISSE (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 152 Light: ESO’s VLT Working as 16-metre Telescope for First Time (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 151: Chile Chill 11 – ALMA from the Air
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ESOcast 149: Fast Track Your Career with the ESO Studentship Programmes
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ESOcast 148 Light: Clouded Star Birth (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 147 Light: First Light for Planet Hunter ExTrA at La Silla (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 146 Light: Odd Behaviour of Star Reveals Black Hole in Giant Star Cluster (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 145 Light: First ELT Main Mirror Segments Successfully Cast (4K UHD) | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 144 Light: Giant Bubbles on Red Giant Star’s Surface (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 143 Light: ELT Testing in a Wind Tunnel (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 142 Light: Stellar Nursery Blooms into View (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 141 Light: ESPRESSO — the Next Generation Planet Hunter
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ESOcast 140 Light: MUSE Dives into the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
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ESOcast 139: ALMA and the Cold Interstellar Clouds
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ESOcast 138 Light: VLT Discovers First Interstellar Asteroid is like Nothing Seen Before (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 137 Light: Temperate Planet Orbiting Quiet Red Dwarf (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 136 Light: ALMA Discovers Cold Dust Around Nearest Star (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 135: ALMA is a timemachine!
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ESOcast 134 Light: Revealing Galactic Secrets (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 133: ESO Telescopes Observe First Light from Gravitational Wave Source
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ESOcast 132: Why Astronomers Want to Use ALMA - We are Stardust!
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ESOcast 131 Light: ALMA and Rosetta detect Freon-40 in Space (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 130: Why Astronomers Want to Use ALMA - ALMA is State of the Art Tech...
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ESOcast 129 Light: The Strange Structures of the Saturn Nebula (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 128: Why Astronomers Want to Use ALMA - ALMA Observes the Invisible
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ESOcast 127 Light: Ageing Star Blows Off Smoky Bubble (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 126 Light: Titanium oxide in exoplanetary atmosphere (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 125: Q&A with ESO's Incoming Director General Xavier Barcons — Taking up duty at ESO
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ESOcast 124: Q&A with ESO's Outgoing Director General Tim de Zeeuw — Thoughts and reflections on ...
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ESOcast 123 Light: Best Ever Image of a Star’s Surface and Atmosphere (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 122 Light: Supermassive Black Holes Feed on Cosmic Jellyfish (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 121 Light: Star orbiting supermassive black hole suggests Einstein is right (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 120: Chile Chill 10 – “VLT Main Mirror Recoating”
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ESOcast 119: AOF First Light
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ESOcast 118 Light: A Tale of Three Stellar Cities (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 117 Light: Eyes Wide Open for New Exoplanet Hunter (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 116: Success or Failure: How to Get Observing Time
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ESOcast 115 Light: Meet one of the most energetic objects in the Universe (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 114 Light: VLT LEGO model (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 113 Light: Live search for Planets around Proxima Centauri continues (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 112: Catching Starlight
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ESOcast 111 Light: VST captures glowing celestial triplet
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ESOcast 110 Light: Ingredient for life found around infant stars (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 109 Light: Full steam ahead with ELT primary mirror (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 108 Light: First Stone Ceremony for ESO's ELT (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 107 Light: Secondary Mirror of ELT Successfully Cast
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ESOcast 106: ChileChill 9 — Lasers over Paranal
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ESOcast 105 Light: Starstruck by the Small Magellanic Cloud (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 104: Data2Dome: From the Universe to You
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ESOcast 102 Light: Dramatic Stellar Fireworks (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 101 Light: Stars found in black hole blasts (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 100 Light: Dark Matter Less Influential in Early Universe (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 99 Light: ALMA Sheds Light on the First Stars (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 98 Light: A Galaxy On Edge (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 97 Light: 7 Earth-sized Worlds Found in Nearby Star System (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 96: Ultracool Dwarf and the Seven Planets
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ESOcast 95 Light: How Big is a Star? (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 94 Light: Celestial Cat Meets Cosmic Lobster (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 93 Light: Kick-off for Mirrors and Sensors for Biggest Eye on the Sky (4K UHD) | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 92 Light: ALMA Starts Observing the Sun (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 91 Light: VLT to search for planets around Alpha Centauri (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 90 Light: Orion’s Cloudy Secrets (4K UHD)
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ESOcast 89: Chile Chill 8 – “A Bird’s Eye View of ESO Observatories”
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ESOcast 88: Fulldome Specialists visit Chile
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ESOcast 87: Planet found around closest Star
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ESOcast 86: From Dr. to Professor -- about the important role of ESO’s community
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ESOcast 85: Chile Chill 7 — "Visitors to the Desert"
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ESOcast 84: The New E-ELT Design Unveiled | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 83: Ultracool Dwarf with Planets
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ESOcast 82: Zodiacal Light
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ESOcast 81: Red Sprites
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ESOcast 80: Follow a Live Planet Hunt
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ESOcast 79: 20 Years of Exoplanets
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ESOcast 78: Airglow
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ESOcast 77: Mysterious Ripples Found Racing Through Planet-forming Disc
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ESOcast 76: A Polarised View of Stellar Magnetism
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ESOcast 75: ESO’s Top 10 Discoveries
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ESOcast 74: Mapping the Southern Skies
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ESOcast 73: Chile Chill 6 — "Your ESO Pictures"
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ESOcast 72: Looking Deeply into the Universe in 3D
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ESOcast 71: New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes on Paranal
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ESOcast 70: Green Light for E-ELT Construction | ELT Updates
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ESOcast 69: Revolutionary ALMA Image Reveals Planetary Genesis
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ESOcast 68: ESO Opens its Doors
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ESOcast 67: ESO People at Work and Play
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