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What’s the true shape of a supernova? | ESO News
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rogue planet found growing at record rate | ESO News
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hayabusa2’s next target is smaller and faster than we thought | ESO News
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Look into the stunning RCW 38 star cluster
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First ever binary star found near Sgr A* | ESO News
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
First zoomed-in picture of an extragalactic star | ESO News
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Most distant rotating galaxy yet is a space oddity | ESO News
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New planet discovered orbiting closest single star to our Sun | ESO News
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Record-breaking stellar black hole found nearby | ESO News
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clash of stars solves stellar mystery | ESO News
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Survey reveals secrets of planet birth around dozens of stars | ESOcast Light
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
New link found between water and planet formation | ESOcast Light
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Metal scar found on cannibal star | ESOcast Light
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have found a metal ‘scar’ imprinted on the surface of a dead star. This video summarises the disco...
Astronomers identify record-breaking quasar | ESOcast Light
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Astronomers have characterised the most luminous quasar observed to date, which is powered by the fastest-growing black hole. This black hole is growi...
Supernovae give rise to black holes or neutron stars (ESOcast 269 Light)
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Astronomers have found a direct link between the explosive deaths of massive stars and the formation of the most compact and enigmatic objects in the ...
The furthest ever galactic magnetic field (ESOcast 267 Light)
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using ALMA, astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy so far away that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us. Neve...
ESO telescopes help solve pulsar puzzle (ESOcast 266 Light)
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mysterious Neptune Dark Spot Detected from Earth (ESOcast 265 Light)
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New type of star gives clues to magnetars' origins (ESOcast 264 Light)
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using multiple telescopes around the world, including European Southern Observatory (ESO) facilities, researchers have uncovered a living star that is...
Does this planet have a “sibling” sharing the same orbit? (ESOcast 263 Light)
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have found the possible ‘sibling’ of a planet orbiting a distant star....
Hidden views of vast stellar nurseries (ESOcast 262 Light)
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using ESO's VISTA telescope, astronomers have created a vast infrared atlas of five nearby stellar nurseries by piecing together more than one mil...
Observing the ashes of the first stars (ESOcast 261 Light)
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have found the fingerprints left by the explosions of the first stars.
First image of a black hole expelling a powerful jet (ESOcast 260 Light)
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the help of ALMA, astronomers have obtained a new image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy.
Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259)
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using ALMA, astronomers have detected a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around the Spiderweb galaxy –– the most dis...
The Missing Link for Water in the Solar System (ESOcast 258 Light)
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Using ALMA, astronomers have detected the chemical signature of gaseous water in the planet-forming disc V883 Orionis. This acts as a timestamp for th...