EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY (ESO)

This video sequence starts from a wide-field view of the region of the sky around P172+18 and closes in on the very distant quasar, a bright object that lies at the centre of a remote galaxy and is powered by a supermassive black hole. The galaxy itself is surrounded by a very large bubble of ionised gas; artist's impressions of both the bubble and the galaxy are seen in the sequence. The final view is an artist’s impression of the quasar and its radio jets. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser/L. Calçada/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org). Music: Astral Electronic More information and download options:https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2103b/

With the help of ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered and studied in detail the most distant source of radio emission known to date. The source is a “radio-loud” quasar — a bright object with powerful jets emitting at radio wavelengths — that is so far away its light has taken 13 billion years to reach us. This video summarises the discovery. 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. This video is available for download in various formats on https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2103a/ Credit: ESO Directed by: Herbert Zodet. Editing : Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Justin Tabbett, Anna Purdue and Bárbara Ferreira. Music: Stellardrone — Comet Halley. Footage and photos: ESO, M. Kornmesser, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org) and Gianluca Lombardi (glphoto.it). Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

We invite you to attend the tour on 11 February 2021 at 16:30​ CET/12:30 CLT to meet some of the women working at ESO and discover the different corners of the organisation in Germany and Chile. To join the tour head over to the ESO Astronomy Facebook Page or YouTube channel.

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

This artist’s animation shows a rocky planet in an imagined system with six exoplanets orbiting around a star other than the Sun. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser https://www.eso.org/public/videos/exoplanet/

Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO's VLT), astronomers have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare rhythm around their central star. This video summarises the discoveries and explains why this puzzling system is challenging our theories of how planets form. 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: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2102a/ Credit: ESO Directed by: Herbert Zodet. Editing: Herbert Zodet. Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida. Written by: Anna Purdue, Justin Tabbett and Bárbara Ferreira. Music: tonelabs (www.tonelabs.com) – Orion Fog. Footage and photos: ESO, C. Malin (christophmalin.com), L. Calçada/Space Engine (spaceengine.org) and M. Kornmesser. Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

http://www.eso.org/public/videos/

This animation shows a representation of the orbits and movements of the planets in the TOI-178 system. New research by Adrien Leleu and his colleagues with several telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has revealed that the system boasts six exoplanets and that all but the one closest to the star are locked in a rare rhythm as they move in their orbits (represented in orange). In other words, they are in resonance. This means that there are patterns that repeat themselves rhythmically as the planets go around the star, with some planets aligning every few orbits. In this artist’s animation, the rhythmic movement of the planets around the central star is represented through a musical harmony, created by attributing a note (in the pentatonic scale) to each of the planets in the resonance chain. This note plays when a planet completes either one full orbit or one half orbit; when planets align at these points in their orbits, they ring in resonance. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada More information and download options: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2102b/

This artist’s animation shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting furthest from the star, with the inner planets visible in the background. New research (https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso2102/eso2102a.pdf) by Adrien Leleu and his colleagues with several telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has revealed that the system boasts six exoplanets and that all but the one closest to the star are locked in a rare rhythm as they move in their orbits. This animation is based on the known physical parameters for the planets and the star seen, and uses a vast database of objects in the Universe. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/spaceengine.org More information and download options: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2102c/