Clearest image ever of Betelgeuse’s companion | ESO News
Astronomers have finally obtained firm evidence that Betelgeuse, a famous star in the Orion constellation, is not alone. Using ESO’s Very La...
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New 'exomoon' detection challenges cosmic labels | ESO News
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found an object in another planetary system that challenges astronomical labels. Th...
New exoplanet had been hiding for more than 10 years | ESO News
Astronomers have discovered a third planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The new planet, Beta Pict...
3I/ATLAS likely formed in the outskirts of an old star system | ESO News
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have studied the relative abundances of carbon and nitrogen in 3I/ATLAS, the third inter...
Strange winds reveal magnetic exoplanets | ESO News
Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet that some planets outside our Solar System may have magnetic fields. Using ESO’s Very Larg...
Two planets spotted forming around a young star | ESO News
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have observed two exoplanets forming around the young star WISPIT 2. Both planets are ga...
An unexpected shock wave | ESO News
Astronomers are surprised by a mysterious shock wave around the dead star RXJ0528+2838, studied with ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The dead st...
What’s the true shape of a supernova? | ESO News
Astronomers have observed a supernova just a day after it was first detected. In the early stages of the blast, the explosion has not yet in...
Rogue planet found growing at record rate | ESO News
Astronomers have found an intense ‘growth spurt’ in a rogue planet –– a planet that doesn’t orbit a star. Observations with ESO’s Very Large...
Hayabusa2’s next target is smaller and faster than we thought | ESO News
Astronomers have discovered that the next target for Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft, the asteroid 1998 KY26, is almost three times smaller tha...
Look into the stunning RCW 38 star cluster
What lies behind this chaotic extravaganza? This video takes you on a journey across the star cluster RCW 38, located 5500 light-years from...
First ever binary star found near Sgr A* | ESO News
Two stars have been found orbiting each other in the vicinity of Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. A young...
First zoomed-in picture of an extragalactic star | ESO News
Thanks to ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have taken the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy, more th...
Most distant rotating galaxy yet is a space oddity | ESO News
ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here w...
New planet discovered orbiting closest single star to our Sun | ESO News
ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here w...
Record-breaking stellar black hole found nearby | ESO News
ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here w...
Clash of stars solves stellar mystery | ESO News
ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here w...
Survey reveals secrets of planet birth around dozens of stars | ESOcast Light
ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here w...
New link found between water and planet formation | ESOcast Light
ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here w...
Metal scar found on cannibal star | ESOcast Light
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have found a metal ‘scar’ imprinted on the surface of a dead star. This video summarises the d...