EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (ESO)

As doctors and nurses are on the frontlines, saving the lives of those infected by COVID-19, others have a role to play to prevent the disease spreading further by staying at home. This goes for ESO staff as well, including astronomers and telescope operators. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso_astro_at_home/ Subscribe to ESOcast in iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/esocast-hd/id295471183?mt=2 Receive future episodes on YouTube by pressing the Subscribe button above or follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/esoastronomy Watch more ESOcast episodes: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/archive/category/esocast/ Find out how to view and contribute subtitles for the ESOcast in multiple languages, or translate this video on YouTube: https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/partnerships/translators/ Credit: Created by ESO Department of Communication Directed by: Herbert Zodet and Bárbara Ferreira. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Bárbara Ferreira. Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com) — Luka. Footage and photos: ESO, C. Malin (christophmalin.com), B. Tafreshi (twanight.org) and NASA/ESA/M.Kornmesser.

The ultra-hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b orbits the star WASP-76, located some 390 light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. This video shows the orbit of this strange planet around its host star.  Like the Moon on its orbit around the Earth, WASP-76b is ‘tidally locked’: it takes as long to rotate around its axis as it does to go around the star. On its day side temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. Strong winds carry iron vapour to the cooler night side where it condenses into iron droplets. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2005c/ Credit: ESO/L.Calçada/spaceengine.org

What are the strangest exoplanets ever found or studied with ESO telescopes? Watch this ESOcast to find out. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2005a/ Subscribe to ESOcast in iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/esocast-hd/id295471183?mt=2 Receive future episodes on YouTube by pressing the Subscribe button above or follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/esoastronomy Watch more ESOcast episodes: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/archive/category/esocast/ Find out how to view and contribute subtitles for the ESOcast in multiple languages, or translate this video on YouTube: https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/partnerships/translators/ Credit: ESO Directed by: Herbert Zodet and Bárbara Ferreira. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Bárbara Ferreira and Herbert Zodet. Music: zero-project (zero-project.gr) — Into the darkness and STAN DART (www.stan-dart.com) – Supernova. Footage and photos: ESO, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, Alexandre Santerne, B. Tafreshi (twanight.org), C. Malin (christophmalin.com), Gianluca Lombardi (glphoto.it), ESA/Hubble, L. L. Christensen, Space Engine (spaceengine.org), M. Zamani (mahdizamani.com), P. Delorme/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)/R. Saito/VVV Consortium. Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

The ultra-hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b orbits the star WASP-76, located some 390 light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. This video takes us on a journey to this system. Observations of WASP-76b using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) suggest it rains iron on this extreme exoplanet. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2005b/ Credit: ESO/L.Calçada/spaceengine.org

This video takes the viewer from the constellation of Orion to the surface of the supergiant star Betelgeuse, which is undergoing unprecedented dimming. That dot appearing at the end of the zoom is a SPHERE image showing Betelgeuse’s visible surface, which has a size close to the orbit of Jupiter. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2003b/ Credit: ESO/P. Kervella/M. Montargès et al., Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Eric Pantin, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org). Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com)

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation Orion. The video is available in 4K UHD. The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2003a/ Subscribe to ESOcast in iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/esocast-hd/id295471183?mt=2 Receive future episodes on YouTube by pressing the Subscribe button above or follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/esoastronomy Watch more ESOcast episodes: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/archive/category/esocast/ Find out how to view and contribute subtitles for the ESOcast in multiple languages, or translate this video on YouTube: https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/partnerships/translators/ Credit: ESO Directed by: Herbert Zodet. Editing : Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Caitlyn Buongiorno and Bárbara Ferreira. Music: tonelabs (www.tonelabs.com) – Expect The Unexpected. Footage and photos: ESO, Kervella/M. Montargès et al., acknowledgement: Eric Pantin, Digitized Sky Survey 2, M. Zamani and P. Horálek. Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

This video shows the star Betelgeuse before and after its unprecedented dimming. The observations, taken with the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in January and December 2019, show how much the star has faded and how its apparent shape has changed. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2003c/ Credit: ESO/M. Montargès et al.

This video takes the viewer from the surroundings of Betelgeuse, recently observed with the VISIR instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), to its surface, which has been imaged by SPHERE on the VLT. The VISIR image shows the infrared light being emitted by the dust surrounding Betelgeuse in December 2019. The SPHERE image shows Betelgeuse’s visible surface, which has a size close to the orbit of Jupiter, in the same month. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2003d/ Credit: ESO/P. Kervella/M. Montargès et al., Acknowledgement: Eric Pantin

ESO astronomer Yara Jaffé talks about how her love of logic led to her choosing to do a degree in Physics, where she discovered her desire to be an astronomer. This video is part of an exhibition at the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/jaffe_en/ Credit: ESO

ESO astronomer Anne Klitsch discusses what inspires her and how she got to ESO (statement in German). This video is part of an exhibition at the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/klitsch_de/ Credit: ESO

ESO astronomer Elizabeth Bartlett talks about what inspired her love for astronomy, and how her fondness for it developed as she grew up. This video is part of an exhibition at the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/bartlett_en/ Credit: ESO

ESO astronomer Bin Yang discusses where she was born in South West China, and how her passion for Astronomy at a young age propelled her to where she is now. "My dream was to play with telescopes, and here I am — my dream came true", she says. This video is part of an exhibition at the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/yang_en/ Credit: ESO

This video starts by showing a wide-field view of a region of the sky in the constellation of Centaurus. It then zooms in to show HD 101584,  a gas cloud surrounding a binary star recently studied with ALMA and APEX. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2002b/ Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Olofsson et al. Acknowledgement: Robert Cumming; N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), Digitized Sky Survey 2. Music: Astral Electronic

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner, have spotted a peculiar gas cloud that resulted from a confrontation between two stars. Find out more about this stellar fight in this ESOcast Light. The video is available in 4K UHD. The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2002a/ Subscribe to ESOcast in iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/esocast-hd/id295471183?mt=2 Receive future episodes on YouTube by pressing the Subscribe button above or follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/esoastronomy Watch more ESOcast episodes: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/archive/category/esocast/ Find out how to view and contribute subtitles for the ESOcast in multiple languages, or translate this video on YouTube: https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/partnerships/translators/ Credit: ESO Directed by: Herbert Zodet. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Caroline Reid and Bárbara Ferreira. Music: Stellardrone — Airglow. Footage and photos: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Olofsson et al. Acknowledgement: Robert Cumming, Digitized Sky Survey 2, M. Kornmesser and N. Risinger (skysurvey.org). Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

This is an artist's impression of the ELT, the Extremely Large Telescope. The design for the ELT shown here is preliminary. Read more about the ELT project on this link http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/elt/ More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/elttrailer/ Credit: ESO. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Lauren Fuge, Hannah Dalgleish and Richard Hook. Music: Movetwo Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, ACe Consortium, spaceengine.org, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser, Theofanis Matsopoulos and Samuel Santana Tschudi. Directed by: Herbert Zodet.

Phosphorus, present in our DNA and cell membranes, is an essential element for life. But how it arrived on the early Earth is something of a mystery. Astronomers have now traced the journey of phosphorus from star-forming regions to comets using the combined powers of ALMA and the European Space Agency’s probe Rosetta. The video is available in 4K UHD. The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2001a/ Subscribe to ESOcast in iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/esocast-hd/id295471183?mt=2 Receive future episodes on YouTube by pressing the Subscribe button above or follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/esoastronomy Watch more ESOcast episodes: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/archive/category/esocast/ Find out how to view and contribute subtitles for the ESOcast in multiple languages, or translate this video on YouTube: https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/partnerships/translators/ Credit: ESO Directed by: Herbert Zodet. Editing : Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Caroline Reid and Bárbara Ferreira. Music: Stellardrone — Comet Halley. Footage and photos : ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rivilla et al., ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM , Mario Weigand, www.SkyTrip.de, Digitized Sky Survey 2, C. Malin (christophmalin.com), M. Kornmesser, L.Calçada and Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org). Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

This video starts by showing a wide-field view of a region of the sky in the constellation of Auriga. It then zooms in to show the star-forming region AFGL 5142, recently observed with ALMA. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2001b/ Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rivilla et al.; Mario Weigand, www.SkyTrip.de; ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2; Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org). Music: Astral Electronics

This animation shows the key results from a study that has revealed the interstellar thread of phosphorus, one of life’s building blocks.  Thanks to ALMA, astronomers could pinpoint where phosphorus-bearing molecules form in star-forming regions like AFGL 5142. The background of this animation shows a part of the night sky in the constellation of Auriga, where the star-forming region AFGL 5142 is located. The ALMA image of this object appears on the top left, and one of the locations where the team found phosphorus-bearing molecules is indicated by a circle. The most common phosphorus-bearing molecule in AFGL 5142 is phosphorus monoxide, represented in orange and red in the diagram that appears on the bottom left. Another molecule found was phosphorus nitride, represented in orange and blue.  Using data from the ROSINA instrument onboard ESA’s Rosetta, astronomers also found phosphorus monoxide on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, which appears on the bottom right at the end of the video. This first sighting of phosphorus monoxide on a comet helps astronomers draw a connection between star-forming regions, where the molecule is created, all the way to Earth, where it played a crucial role in starting life. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2001d/ Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser/L.Calçada; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rivilla et al.; ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM; Mario Weigand, www.SkyTrip.de

This animation, created using real data from ESA’s Rosetta mission, shows comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2001c/ Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser, ESA/Rosetta

Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have observed reservoirs of cool gas around some of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. Watch this video to find out why this discovery is important. The video is available in 4K UHD. The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases. More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1921a/ Subscribe to ESOcast in iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/esocast-hd/id295471183?mt=2 Receive future episodes on YouTube by pressing the Subscribe button above or follow us on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/esoastronomy Watch more ESOcast episodes: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/archive/category/esocast/ Find out how to view and contribute subtitles for the ESOcast in multiple languages, or translate this video on YouTube: https://www.eso.org/public/outreach/partnerships/translators/ Credit: ESO Directed by: Herbert Zodet. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Caroline Reid and Bárbara Ferreira. Music: STAN DART (www.stan-dart.com) — Reflections. Footage and photos: ESO, Farina et al., ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Decarli et al., L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, Theofanis Matsopoulos and Gianluca Lombardi (glphoto.it). Scientific consultant: Mariya Lyubenova.