In this video, we meet ESO's Emanuela Ciattaglia, a native of Italy. She is a mechanical engineer currently working on ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). From our headquarters in Garching, Germany, she coordinates activities for the assembly, integration and verification phase of the ELT.
\r\nThis is the first of a new series of videos, featuring people at ESO working in a range of roles across different departments and topics.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis and Tanguy Citron.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida.Written by: Angelos Tsaousis.Music: Yehezkel Raz - Io.Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser, Angelos Tsaousis, Jose Porte, Max Morales, Herbert Zodet, Fred Kamphues, Liam Young, Ikuo Nakamura, Babak Tafreshi.","PublicationDate":"2026-03-25T12:08:34Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : People : Scientist"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/HR-People_Emanuela-Ciattaglia/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":25,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/HR-People_Emanuela-Ciattaglia.mp4","FileSize":396113613,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"2f71973ff5c223a1c66b15368e0e3843e7738fa75249c45279ea4b57c94c52a3"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/HR-People_Emanuela-Ciattaglia.m4v","FileSize":80390609,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/HR-People_Emanuela-Ciattaglia.jpg","FileSize":12605,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/HR-People_Emanuela-Ciattaglia.jpg","FileSize":5231,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2604a","Title":"Two planets spotted forming around a young star | ESO News","Description":"For more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2604/
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
\r\nThis video zooms into WISPIT 2, a young star surrounded by a disc of gas and dust where at least two planets are being born.
\r\nThe video combines images taken with different telescopes at different times and various wavelengths. The clip begins with a wide view of the night sky in visible light. It then transitions to an infrared image captured with ESO’s Visible and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). The video ends with a closeup taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), showing both planets carving out gaps in the disc around the star. The star itself is not visible in this last image, as its light has been blocked to reveal the faint structures around it.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2604/
\r\nThis video shows a portion of the Triangulum galaxy, also known as Messier 33, at different colours or wavelengths of light. The data were taken with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, and it shows complex filamentary clouds within this galaxy.
\r\nMUSE decomposes the incoming light from astronomical sources into its constituent colours, but it does so at every single point within its field of view. In other words: it allows us to image astronomical objects at thousands of colours simultaneously.
\r\nAs the video scans through the dataset, the galaxy lights up at very specific wavelengths where certain atoms like hydrogen, oxygen or sulphur shine brightly. These observations allow astronomers to map the distribution of different chemical elements in great detail, and to better understand the interplay between these gas clouds and the stars that form within them.
\r\nWith its 39 m primary mirror, ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will be the biggest and most powerful optical telescope in the world. In this episode of Chasing Starlight we take you on an exclusive tour of the ELT, from the massive telescope structure inside the dome to the facility that will coat the mirrors with reflective silver.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, N. SchäferHosted by: S. RandallWritten by: S. Randall, K.-M. MikoschEditing: M. Kornmesser, L. CalçadaVideography: A. Tsaousis, N. SchäferAnimations & footage: ESO, L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, J. C. Muñoz-Mateos, G. Vecchia, A. Tsaousis, Google Earth, CIMOLAI/S. Petković, H.-H. Heyer, SCHOTT AG, G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com), Safran, Chepox, M. Wallner, J. Beltrán, E. GarcéssWeb and technical support: R. ShidaMusic: ENVATOPromotion: J. C. Muñoz Mateos and O. SanduFilming Locations: Cerro Armazones and ELT Technical Facility (ESO’s Paranal Observatory, Chile); ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org)Acknowledgements: D. Deina, R. Parra, B. Koehler, ACe/Cimolai, SCHOTT, Safran Reosc, PI - Physik Instrumente, FAMES (Micro-Epsilon Messtechnik, Fogale Nanotech), VDL ETG Projects B.V.\r\nProduced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory (eso.org)","PublicationDate":"2026-03-13T07:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology : Observatory"],"Name":["Extremely Large Telescope"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0027a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0027a.mp4","FileSize":3731782050,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"a9b233914e8dab662e7535dfe82feacdd0b545b953bcc000ece018e491e9d706"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0027a.m4v","FileSize":454802874,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"03a63a760f4e9f6b17b1d8d16fe286e83bfd862007d964a4bc05c52ae1991f96"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0027a.jpg","FileSize":15123,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0027a.jpg","FileSize":5635,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eltu_PFS","Title":"The Extremely Large Telescope can't work without these key systems","Description":"How does the light captured by ESO's Extremely Large Telescope reach the instruments that will analyse it scientifically? That's the job of the pre-focal stations, which will no only deliver the light to the instruments, but also keep the telescope optics in check.
\r\nDiscover more about ESO’s ELT at: https://elt.eso.org/
","Credit":"ESODirected by: Angelos TsaousisEditing: Angelos TsaousisWritten by: Bárbara FerreiraMusic: Jon Kennedy – Boom Clack (Martin Brew Remix).Footage and photos: ESO, A. Tsaousis, L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, J. Porte, F. Carrasco.Web and technical support: R.Shida.Acknowledgements: IDOM","PublicationDate":"2026-02-27T07:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology : Observatory"],"Name":["Extremely Large Telescope"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eltu_PFS/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":50,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eltu_PFS.mp4","FileSize":226414117,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"4f76901f570a1b8a425f6dcaa68b610f3ec54f62b49ea5f9cc95a372a6b2b951"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eltu_PFS.m4v","FileSize":45274810,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eltu_PFS.jpg","FileSize":13955,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eltu_PFS.jpg","FileSize":5310,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2603b","Title":"Zooming into the gas at the core of the Milky Way","Description":"This video zooms into the complex molecular gas in the centre of the Milky Way – a chaotic and extreme environment where stars don’t necessarily form in the same way as they do in the outskirts of our galaxy.
\r\nThe video combines images taken with different telescopes at different times and various wavelengths. The clip begins with a wide view of the night sky in visible light, and ends with an image taken at millimetre wavelengths with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Different molecules are shown with different colours.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2603/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Longmore et al. Music: Azul Cobalto.","PublicationDate":"2026-02-25T13:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core"],"Name":["Central Molecular Zone"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2603b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":51,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2603b.mp4","FileSize":204721743,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"f50550460208976bdbec7e2f78d742fa85499ebe804499703fa78a48edb5f95f"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2603b.m4v","FileSize":40370365,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2603b.jpg","FileSize":13465,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2603b.jpg","FileSize":5001,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2603c","Title":"Ashley Barnes talks about ACES","Description":"This video shows footage from an interview with Ashley Barnes, an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory, on the ACES research. ACES, which stands for ALMA CMZ Exploration Survey, is a large observation programme with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) focusing on the very central region (the CMZ or central molecular zone) of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
","Credit":"ESO","PublicationDate":"2026-02-25T13:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core","Milky Way : People : Scientist"],"Name":["Central Molecular Zone"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2603c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":26,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2603c.mp4","FileSize":328748842,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"15b517b45eaf37a1f43d5358a3ab001e1c77d4ccdeffbe0e337cfb40bef7ebfd"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2603c.m4v","FileSize":68249933,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2603c.jpg","FileSize":11273,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2603c.jpg","FileSize":4687,"Dimensions":[60.0,32.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2603d","Title":"Katharina Immer talks about ACES","Description":"This video shows footage from an interview with Katharina Immer, an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory, on the ACES research. ACES, which stands for ALMA CMZ Exploration Survey, is a large observation programme with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) focusing on the very central region (the CMZ or central molecular zone) of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
","Credit":"ESO","PublicationDate":"2026-02-25T13:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core","Milky Way : People : Scientist"],"Name":["Central Molecular Zone"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2603d/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":26,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2603d.mp4","FileSize":327965189,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"9c78cc1b374cafa6efec4ecc3d52429cc984306f7dca347b6f0c84af861abc9a"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2603d.m4v","FileSize":70363304,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2603d.jpg","FileSize":12113,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2603d.jpg","FileSize":4914,"Dimensions":[60.0,32.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2603a","Title":"The hidden chemistry at the heart of our galaxy | Wonders of the Universe","Description":"This video explores the molecular gas in the centre of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail. This new image, obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows the distribution of different molecules, each displayed in a different colour. This map will allow astronomers to understand how stars form in the extreme and chaotic environment in the centre of our galaxy.
\r\nNote: the actual distance to the galactic centre is 27 000 light-years.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2603/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
","Credit":"ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Longmore et al. Background: ESO/D. Minniti et al. Music: Mylonite – Champ magnétique (Intro), Mylonite – Breath of my soulScript: J. C. MuñozEditing: M. Martins","PublicationDate":"2026-02-25T13:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core"],"Name":["Central Molecular Zone"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2603a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":89,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2603a.mp4","FileSize":247370976,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"305056e2eab562e2403afcd605e4aa441ef5501588a44b807f52064a41ace4be"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2603a.m4v","FileSize":46065161,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2603a.jpg","FileSize":16865,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2603a.jpg","FileSize":5277,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2603e","Title":"Steve Longmore talks about ACES","Description":"This video shows footage of Steve Longmore (Liverpool John Moores University) talking about ACES and the latest data release. ACES, which stands for ALMA CMZ Exploration Survey, is a large observation programme with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) focusing on the very central region (the CMZ or central molecular zone) of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
","Credit":"S. Longmore","PublicationDate":"2026-02-25T13:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core","Milky Way : People : Scientist"],"Name":["Central Molecular Zone"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2603e/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":26,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2603e.mp4","FileSize":450939839,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"41d5ab11116612bec557ee3f85714a96f6e64799fb56df6280494fa5e4c86ead"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2603e.m4v","FileSize":92693175,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2603e.jpg","FileSize":10768,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2603e.jpg","FileSize":4954,"Dimensions":[60.0,32.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eltu_Large-Coating-Plant","Title":"Keeping the Extremely Large Telescope's mirrors shiny","Description":"ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will use five mirrors to collect light from the cosmos and redirect it to the scientific instruments that will analyse it. This video shows the coating plant that will keep four of those mirrors highly reflective.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.Written by: Bárbara Ferreira.Music: Jon Kennedy – Funk Boutique (Macrus Intalex Trevino Remix).Footage and photos: ESO, Jose Porte, Alejandro Ubilla.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida.Acknowledgement: AGC","PublicationDate":"2026-02-05T16:49:55Z","Subject":{"Name":["Extremely Large Telescope"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eltu_Large-Coating-Plant/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":60,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eltu_Large-Coating-Plant.mp4","FileSize":216986112,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"3cd832169814272287f519730c3e2f68b9bbfc54389f48c2e7ef86b24b79b11c"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eltu_Large-Coating-Plant.m4v","FileSize":44941354,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eltu_Large-Coating-Plant.jpg","FileSize":14558,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eltu_Large-Coating-Plant.jpg","FileSize":5271,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"2026-01-26-Solar-Ha-Strobele-loop","Title":"Solar active regions AR14341/5/6","Description":"Aurora over Europe! We're currently experiencing a strong geomagnetic storm, which caused a stunning auroral display all over Europe the night of January 19. A few days earlier, on January 16, our colleague Stefan Ströbele captured this time-lapse of the Sun showing the active regions AR14341/5/6. As the Sun rotated, these regions ended up pointing towards Earth a few days later, and a coronal mass ejection coming from them ended up reaching Earth, creating intense auroras.
","Credit":"S. Ströbele/ESO","PublicationDate":"2026-01-22T12:18:34.333681Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Feature : Photosphere : Sunspot"],"Name":["Sun"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/2026-01-26-Solar-Ha-Strobele-loop/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":61,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/2026-01-26-Solar-Ha-Strobele-loop.mp4","FileSize":63670071,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/2026-01-26-Solar-Ha-Strobele-loop.m4v","FileSize":7316156,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/2026-01-26-Solar-Ha-Strobele-loop.jpg","FileSize":14020,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/2026-01-26-Solar-Ha-Strobele-loop.jpg","FileSize":5086,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"2026-01-26-Aurora-ESO-Strobele-Slide","Title":"Aurora over ESO Headquarters in Germany","Description":"Aurora over Europe! We're currently experiencing a strong geomagnetic storm, which caused a stunning auroral display all over Europe the night of January 19. This time-lapse was captured by our colleague Stefan Ströbele over our headquarters in Garching near Munich.
\r\nBy pure chance, Stefan observed the Sun a few days earlier, on January 16, with a custom-made telescope: see here. The active regions seen in that video close to the edge of the Sun's disc rotated towards us. A so-called coronal mass ejection coming from this region has caused the ongoing geomagnetic storm.
","Credit":"S. Ströbele/ESO","PublicationDate":"2026-01-22T12:18:34.233239Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Light Phenomenon : Aurora","Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/2026-01-26-Aurora-ESO-Strobele-Slide/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":61,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/2026-01-26-Aurora-ESO-Strobele-Slide.mp4","FileSize":182290176,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"eb13b034dd7d8cbfb78cf08135d0a39d3c14aceee6ff2e75a9565c694b4e963b"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/2026-01-26-Aurora-ESO-Strobele-Slide.m4v","FileSize":22027767,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/2026-01-26-Aurora-ESO-Strobele-Slide.jpg","FileSize":8628,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/2026-01-26-Aurora-ESO-Strobele-Slide.jpg","FileSize":4606,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2601c","Title":"The star RXJ0528+2838 moving through space","Description":"This video blinks between two images of RXJ0528+2838, a dead star that creates a bow shock as it moves through space. The bow shock was captured in 2024 with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The clip alternates between this MUSE image and an image of the same star from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) taken about 30 years ago. The alternating switch compares the position of the star in the two images and clearly shows how the star has moved in space in that time span.
","Credit":"ESO/K. Iłkiewicz and S. Scaringi et al./Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: D. De Martin","PublicationDate":"2026-01-12T10:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Outflow"],"Name":["1RXS J052832.5+283824"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2601c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":30,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2601c.mp4","FileSize":37989998,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2601c.m4v","FileSize":7784546,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2601c.jpg","FileSize":7822,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2601c.jpg","FileSize":5053,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2601b","Title":"Zooming on a dead star with a strange shock wave around it","Description":"This video zooms into RXJ0528+2838, a dead star creating a shock wave as it moves through space. The video is a sequence of images taken with different telescopes, at different times. The journey begins with a wide view of the night sky in visible light, transitioning into an image from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) and then the PanSTARRS survey, also in the visible light. The final image of the star was taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, showing the trail the star forms as it moves through space.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2601/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/PanSTARRS/K. Iłkiewicz and S. Scaringi et al. Music: Azul Cobalto","PublicationDate":"2026-01-12T10:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Outflow"],"Name":["1RXS J052832.5+283824"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2601b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":30,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2601b.mp4","FileSize":199762872,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"703833b1dbc177510d64421b0b1d01564f2a328f6c2a06f36716e8bf85a7b869"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2601b.m4v","FileSize":39222510,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2601b.jpg","FileSize":10528,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2601b.jpg","FileSize":4604,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2601a","Title":"An unexpected shock wave | ESO News","Description":"This video summarises the discovery.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2601/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis, Martin Wallner.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida.Written by: Malika Nora Duffek, Kira-Marie Mikosch.Music: Stellardrone – In Time.Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Christoph Malin, PanSTARRS, K. Iłkiewicz and S. Scaringi et al., H. Bond et al., C. Carter, J. Talbot, P. Goodhew.Fact-checking: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova. Based on research by: K. Ilkiewicz and S. Scaringi et al.","PublicationDate":"2026-01-12T10:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Outflow"],"Name":["1RXS J052832.5+283824"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2601a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2601a.mp4","FileSize":250747774,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"457ddd67012e9ec34c794338d34a56aceb609ccc3c61670564c4654d1ece1cfd"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2601a.m4v","FileSize":51342909,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2601a.jpg","FileSize":11652,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2601a.jpg","FileSize":5315,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"potw2552a","Title":"APEX: the beginning of a new chapter","Description":"Today, instead of a picture, we feature a Video of the Week giving a glimpse into one of the highest altitude observatories on Earth: the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX).
\r\nAPEX is a telescope designed to explore cold, dark regions of our Universe, such as dense clouds of gas and cosmic dust where new stars are born. While visible light is obscured by the dust, these regions glow bright at the (sub)millimetre wavelengths that APEX observes. APEX allows astronomers, among other things, to study the chemical conditions within these clouds, detecting a variety of molecules in these dark, distant regions of our Universe.
\r\nWater vapour in the atmosphere absorbs these wavelengths. That's the reason APEX is located on the Chajnantor plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert at an altitude of 5100 m: one of the driest regions on Earth with few clouds.
\r\nOnce a joint project of the Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), the Onsala Space Observatory (OSO) and ESO, APEX now enters a new chapter and becomes a project solely of the MPIfR. But the science continues!
\r\nThis caption was written by Julian Seeholzer, one of the winners of the European Contest for Young Scientists in 2023.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nEditing: A. TsaousisFootage and photos: ESO, A. Tsaousis, B. Tafreshi, S. Molyneux, F. Mac Auliffe, ALMA/NAOJ/NRAO/General Dynamics C4 Systems.","PublicationDate":"2025-12-29T05:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology : Observatory"],"Name":["Atacama Pathfinder Experiment"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2552a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":28,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/potw2552a.mp4","FileSize":242054025,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"deeedaf862a6dbdd278bc71c74cb296996f9b109c8332dbb0a296bcbc7e2c5a5"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/potw2552a.m4v","FileSize":49724733,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/potw2552a.jpg","FileSize":9318,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/potw2552a.jpg","FileSize":4830,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"potw2551a","Title":"Happiest of holidays from ESO! (2025)","Description":"2025 — another exciting year — comes to an end. With all the groundbreaking discoveries made, milestones achieved and beautiful pictures captured, we can look back at yet another successful year. At the same time, we excitedly look ahead for the next year to come. Our 2026 new year's resolutions are clear: continue to advance innovation, set our ambitions high and safeguard our dark and quiet skies! Let us therefore enter the new year with purpose, unity and vision. We look forward to a great year! Until then, it is time to relax and enjoy! We wish you restful holidays with your family and friends and a happy new year!
","Credit":"ESO","PublicationDate":"2025-12-22T05:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2551a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":3,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_1080p25_screen/potw2551a.mp4","FileSize":74632306,"Dimensions":[1920.0,1080.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/potw2551a.m4v","FileSize":26024669,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/potw2551a.jpg","FileSize":12656,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/potw2551a.jpg","FileSize":5082,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2521a","Title":"How CTAO will see the high-energy Universe | ESO Chasing Starlight","Description":"The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) will be the world’s largest and most powerful gamma-ray observatory. It will detect high energy radiation from some of the most powerful events in the Universe, from supernova explosions to hungry black holes. But our atmosphere protects us from gamma rays, so how will the CTAO achieve this? By doing something seemingly impossible: observing particles that move faster than light, without breaking the laws of physics.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: L. Calçada, M. KornmesserHosted by: S. RandallWritten by: S. RandallEditing: M. Kornmesser, L. CalçadaVideography: A. TsaousisAnimations & footage: ESO, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, ECTAO, polar media, CERN, NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford, ISS, C. MalinMusic: Videvo/EnvatoWeb and technical support: R. Y. ShidaFact-checking: CTAO Communications OfficePromotion: J. C. Muñoz Mateoss, O. SanduFilming Locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org)\r\nProduced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory (eso.org)","PublicationDate":"2025-12-18T13:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology : Observatory"],"Name":["Cherenkov Telescope Array"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2521a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2521a.mp4","FileSize":2646384810,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"7a326fe0b9879b48ba3031f2d3f830c23118c3d045f131d909f3450b96cdc9c1"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2521a.m4v","FileSize":321330929,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"3b4b0ec3fe44ded09cdbaed46216799f399cd70aad0a653fa5fd60c5c8461ae6"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2521a.jpg","FileSize":10870,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2521a.jpg","FileSize":5093,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eltu_cryogenics","Title":"Cooling the largest astronomical instruments ever","Description":"The light gathered by ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will be captured by house-sized instruments, which need to be cooled down to detect faint signals from the cosmos. How do we cool these huge systems to as low as -270 ºC? Our engineers are hard at work at it.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.Written by: Bárbara Ferreira.Music: Jon Kennedy – Pick up sticks.Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Angelos Tsaousis, Jose Porte.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida.Acknowledgements: Matteo Accardo, Veronika Wimmer.","PublicationDate":"2025-12-12T10:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument"],"Name":["Extremely Large Telescope"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eltu_cryogenics/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":60,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eltu_cryogenics.mp4","FileSize":219464356,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"c790acf13dd32e231b2adf3257e8cb85b65849ea6fe5b08781109e54978f5031"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eltu_cryogenics.m4v","FileSize":45054991,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eltu_cryogenics.jpg","FileSize":9846,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eltu_cryogenics.jpg","FileSize":4667,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0025g","Title":"Artist's visualisation of the Milky Way","Description":"This is a visualisation of the Milky Way from the side, showing its dusty regions within the spiral arms. The central bulge of the Milky Way shines bright, harbouring the supermassive black hole Sag A*.
","Credit":"ESO/M.Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-12-05T10:11:57.959344Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Galaxy : Type : Spiral"],"Name":["Milky Way"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0025g/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0025g.mp4","FileSize":58367747,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0025g.m4v","FileSize":7874750,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0025g.jpg","FileSize":5938,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0025g.jpg","FileSize":4072,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0025f","Title":"Artist's rendition of a Milky Way flythrough","Description":"This rendition is a visualization of a Milky Way flythrough, diving into the depths of the Milky Way’s dust and gas regions.
","Credit":"ESO/M.Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-12-05T10:11:47.553103Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Galaxy : Type : Spiral"],"Name":["Milky Way"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0025f/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0025f.mp4","FileSize":80009831,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0025f.m4v","FileSize":9366128,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0025f.jpg","FileSize":9842,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0025f.jpg","FileSize":4357,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0025e","Title":"Artist's impression of a planet forming","Description":"This is an animation of a planet forming. Surrounded by a disc of gas and dust it feeds on the disc’s material to grow.
","Credit":"ESO/M.Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-12-05T10:11:36.625605Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Planet"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0025e/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0025e.mp4","FileSize":108294412,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"ad0ff9d313f974ef4fea9675f4e00d09134abd110dd30fc0d95af2ee649502b9"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0025e.m4v","FileSize":5827655,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0025e.jpg","FileSize":4896,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0025e.jpg","FileSize":3922,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0025d","Title":"Artist's impression of a comet","Description":"This rendition shows a comet, leaving a long tail behind it as it moves through space. The comet can shine in bright green as it breaks down carbon dioxide while approaching the Sun.
","Credit":"ESO/M.Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-12-05T10:11:26.714647Z","Subject":{"Category":["Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0025d/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0025d.mp4","FileSize":56586447,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0025d.m4v","FileSize":7634637,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0025d.jpg","FileSize":5927,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0025d.jpg","FileSize":4027,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0025c","Title":"Artist's impression of a comet","Description":"This rendition shows a comet, leaving a long tail behind it as it moves through space. The comet can shine in bright green as it breaks down carbon dioxide while approaching the Sun.
","Credit":"ESO/M.Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-12-05T10:11:15.745639Z","Subject":{"Category":["Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0025c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0025c.mp4","FileSize":76320269,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0025c.m4v","FileSize":9388330,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0025c.jpg","FileSize":5621,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0025c.jpg","FileSize":3954,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0025b","Title":"Artist's impression of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS","Description":"This is a visualization of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. With its extremely hyperbolic trajectory, astronomers gathered that it originated outside of our Solar System. Similar to a normal comet it has a tail and coma — the fuzzy round halo around the comet's body — and it shows a similar composition. The comet is an important object to study, enabling us to investigate its origin and therefore parts of a different solar system up close.
","Credit":"ESO/M.Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-12-05T10:11:03.948638Z","Subject":{"Category":["Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet"],"Name":["3I/ATLAS"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0025b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":25,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0025b.mp4","FileSize":153708676,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"761d614df7be6c21764ea675906ec156050f57a4234d739d2e1c22234e81672a"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0025b.m4v","FileSize":18520708,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0025b.jpg","FileSize":5563,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0025b.jpg","FileSize":3889,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0025a","Title":"Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS: expert breaks down the REAL science","Description":"Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has sparked controversial speculations about its possible origin. In this episode of Chasing Starlight we talk to Cyrielle Opitom, a comet expert who has studied 3I/ATLAS extensively, to discuss all the available observations and better understand this fascinating objec. Spoiler alert: it's not aliens.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: L. Calçada, M. KornmesserHosted by: S. Randall, C. OpitomWritten by: K. Mikosch, M. N. Duffek, B. Ferreira, S. RandallEditing: M. Kornmesser, L. CalçadaVideography: A. TsaousisAnimations & footage: ESO, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, SPECULOOS Team/E. Jehin, NASA, JWST, HST JPL-Caltech, Bright Side, Obstech/El Sauce Observatory, Rolando Ligustri, Michael Jäger, Frank Niebling and Michael Buechner, Victor Sabet & Julien De Winter, NSF, Gemini Observatory, David Cruz, NOIRLab, B. Tafreshi, marsmotion, G. Brammer, Space Engine, University of Arizona, Goddard/LASP/CU BoulderMusic: EnvatoWeb and technical support: R. Y. ShidaScientific consultant: Cyrielle OpitomPromotion: Juan Carlos Muñoz Mateos, O. SanduFilming Locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org)\r\nProduced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory (eso.org)","PublicationDate":"2025-12-05T10:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Interplanetary Body : Comet"],"Name":["3I/ATLAS"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0025a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0025a.mp4","FileSize":3435902464,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"f449bfd81ea7244f055a98903793970a2c0db94cc5dd046c4c69b276b24fe518"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0025a.m4v","FileSize":417966840,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"074b2fb8fd955d2fe532ef80db7cb90ea82800de3fa9e556d09430b3badc5863"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0025a.jpg","FileSize":8519,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0025a.jpg","FileSize":4439,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"potw2547a","Title":"Timelapse of the GRAVITY+ lasers","Description":"Only by working together as a team can all of ESO’s 8 m telescopes become the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) — and the timelapse in today’s Picture of the Week captures this teamwork perfectly. The video, taken by Juan Beltrán, an instrumentation technician at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, marks the beginning of a new interferometry era.
\r\nMost of the time these so-called Unit Telecopes (UTs) work as standalone telescopes, each one observing a different object. But they can also point at the same target, combining their light with interferometry to obtain the same level of detail of a huge 130 m virtual telescope. This requires measuring and correcting the effects of Earth’s atmosphere, which was previously done through bright reference stars, hard to find next to the object one wants to study.
\r\nAs part of the GRAVITY+ upgrade, new lasers were installed in the previously unequipped UTs. These lasers create artificial stars high up in the atmosphere, near the observation target on sky, that can be used to correct atmospheric turbulence. Now that the lasers are ready, the observations are not limited to natural bright reference stars anymore, opening the whole southern sky to the VLTI. And the GRAVITY+ trial run in early November blessed us with the mesmerising view of all four lasers pointing to one target on the sky, as if they were fist bumping as a team.
\r\nWhat’s the biggest black hole in existence? This video takes you on a journey through the universe to compare black holes of all sizes — from stellar remnants just a few kilometers wide to the mind-bending supermassive monsters that can engulf entire solar systems. Discover how these cosmic giants form, how big they can grow, and what happens if you get too close to their event horizon.
","Credit":"Adaptation for the Dome/VR by Gavin NormanVideo by kurzgesagtVoice by Steve TaylorMusic by Epic MountainExecutive Producer: Matt Caplan\r\nThis work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (MP-SCMPS-00001470). Special thanks to the Simons Collaboration on Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources (SCEECS) and Illinois State University.\r\nhttps://kurzgesagt.org/\r\nThe material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).\r\nFor questions regarding translations, please contact info@kurzgesagt.org.","PublicationDate":"2025-11-18T15:08:21Z","Subject":{},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/kurzgesagt_largest-black-hole/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":29,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/dome_4kmaster/kurzgesagt_largest-black-hole.zip","FileSize":16800868010,"Dimensions":[4096.0,4096.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"6cc45daa4d5fa98430367004799273630437c9e7f16de40929a349eb9453a178"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/dome_preview/kurzgesagt_largest-black-hole.mp4","FileSize":966107426,"Dimensions":[1024.0,1024.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"bc36ec07fe49f3a3a7cfeb3f7034e36cf5009b2ac7bbb36b200bc35161a239f3"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/kurzgesagt_largest-black-hole.jpg","FileSize":10844,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/kurzgesagt_largest-black-hole.jpg","FileSize":5666,"Dimensions":[60.0,60.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"kurzgesagt-quasars","Title":"The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies — Quasars","Description":"Quasars are the most powerful objects in the universe — blazing beacons powered by supermassive black holes devouring matter at the centers of galaxies. This video explores how quasars form, why they shine brighter than entire galaxies, and how their incredible energy can shape — or even destroy — the galaxies that created them.
","Credit":"Adaptation for the Dome/VR by Loiy Qasrawi & Gavin NormanVideo by kurzgesagtVoice by Steve TaylorMusic by Epic MountainExecutive Producer: Matt Caplan\r\nThis work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (MP-SCMPS-00001470). Special thanks to the Simons Collaboration on Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources (SCEECS) and Illinois State University.\r\nhttps://kurzgesagt.org/\r\nThe material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).\r\nFor questions regarding translations, please contact info@kurzgesagt.org","PublicationDate":"2025-11-18T15:08:04Z","Subject":{},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/kurzgesagt-quasars/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":29,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/dome_4kmaster/kurzgesagt-quasars.zip","FileSize":16587032594,"Dimensions":[4096.0,4096.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"f77d08ba7f6ade61e813015d2b0d70a2e3a6a078e6475807155aedf605c39516"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/dome_preview/kurzgesagt-quasars.mp4","FileSize":460636723,"Dimensions":[1024.0,1024.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"bce3c0eb8510f61ad953dd5c21fb4d366885a8feec7daba47bde15e4a34dcd9f"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/kurzgesagt-quasars.jpg","FileSize":11672,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/kurzgesagt-quasars.jpg","FileSize":5241,"Dimensions":[60.0,60.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"kurzgesagt_neutron-stars","Title":"Neutron Stars — The Most Extreme Things that are not Black Holes","Description":"When a massive star dies but doesn’t collapse into a black hole, it becomes something almost as strange — a neutron star. This video dives into the world of these ultra-dense cosmic remnants, where a teaspoon of matter weighs billions of tons, gravity warps space, and magnetic fields can tear atoms apart. Discover what makes neutron stars some of the most extreme and fascinating objects in the universe.
","Credit":"Adaptation for the Dome/VR by Loiy Qasrawi & Gavin NormanVideo by kurzgesagtVoice by Steve TaylorMusic by Epic MountainExecutive Producer: Matt Caplan\r\nThis work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (MP-SCMPS-00001470). Special thanks to the Simons Collaboration on Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources (SCEECS) and Illinois State University.\r\nhttps://kurzgesagt.org/\r\nThe material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).\r\nFor questions regarding translations, please contact info@kurzgesagt.org.","PublicationDate":"2025-11-18T15:07:44Z","Subject":{},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/kurzgesagt_neutron-stars/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":29,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/dome_4kmaster/kurzgesagt_neutron-stars.zip","FileSize":22608840991,"Dimensions":[4096.0,4096.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"3673bce898cbb38de0d548fa339a5d26fba909053b68fa12cc8d488e7c82d1ed"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/dome_preview/kurzgesagt_neutron-stars.mp4","FileSize":474579512,"Dimensions":[1024.0,1024.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"8f6d174cd7721009e011edea653c43ec963b3657ce87e1632f29537a690a0d90"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/kurzgesagt_neutron-stars.jpg","FileSize":12688,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/kurzgesagt_neutron-stars.jpg","FileSize":5343,"Dimensions":[60.0,60.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"kurzgesagt_largest-star","Title":"The Largest Star in the Universe (Size Comparison)","Description":"How big can stars really get? This video is a journey across the universe to compare the sizes of stars — from our own Sun to unimaginable cosmic giants like Betelgeuse, Mu Cephei, and the colossal Stephenson 2-18. Through stunning visuals and simple explanations, you’ll see just how tiny our Solar System is in comparison to the true titans of the cosmos.
","Credit":"Adaptation for the Dome/VR by Gavin NormanVideo by kurzgesagtVoice by Steve TaylorMusic by Epic MountainExecutive Producer: Matt Caplan\r\nThis work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (MP-SCMPS-00001470). Special thanks to the Simons Collaboration on Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources (SCEECS) and Illinois State University.\r\nhttps://kurzgesagt.org/\r\nThe material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).\r\nFor questions regarding translations, please contact info@kurzgesagt.org.","PublicationDate":"2025-11-18T15:07:27Z","Subject":{},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/kurzgesagt_largest-star/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":29,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/dome_4kmaster/kurzgesagt_largest-star.zip","FileSize":34031015102,"Dimensions":[4096.0,4096.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"4c6bd08af66a904afd22f0fe7d264a34cc5593bffd6cc9a90edc1a3cea708e2f"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/dome_preview/kurzgesagt_largest-star.mp4","FileSize":901352950,"Dimensions":[1024.0,1024.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"4ea4c614cd52802bab6790fed4ff97b0befed3e9ad3c52612a314c199652f916"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/kurzgesagt_largest-star.jpg","FileSize":13874,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/kurzgesagt_largest-star.jpg","FileSize":6054,"Dimensions":[60.0,60.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2520b","Title":"Artist’s animation of a supernova explosion","Description":"This artist’s animation shows a star going supernova. About 22 million light-years away the supernova, SN 2024ggi, exploded in the galaxy NGC 3621. Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers managed to capture the very early stage of the supernova when the blast was breaking through the star’s surface. Observing the breakout so early on — 26 hours after the supernova was first detected — revealed its true shape. The supernova broke out in an olive-like form. This marks the first ever observation of the shape of a supernova explosion at this very early stage.
\r\nAs the explosion spread outward and collided with the material around the star, its shape flattened and its axis of symmetry rotated. Yet deep within the blast, the ejecta’s axis of symmetry, untouched by the surrounding matter and revealed by later observations, remained unchanged.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada","PublicationDate":"2025-11-12T19:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova"],"Name":["NGC 3621","SN 2024ggi"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2520b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":36,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_1080p25_screen/eso2520b.mp4","FileSize":67464044,"Dimensions":[1920.0,1080.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2520b.m4v","FileSize":22439118,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2520b.jpg","FileSize":6595,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2520b.jpg","FileSize":4299,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2520a","Title":"What’s the true shape of a supernova? | ESO News","Description":"For more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis, Martin Wallner.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida, E. Arango.Written by: Malika Nora Duffek, Kira-Marie Mikosch.Music: Stellardrone – Comet Halley.Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Angelos Tsaousis, Martin Kornmesser, Daniele Gasparri, Christoph Malin, Babak Tafreshi.Scientific consultant: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova. Based on research by: Y. Yang et al., Science Advances, 2025.","PublicationDate":"2025-11-12T19:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova"],"Name":["SN 2024ggi"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2520a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2520a.mp4","FileSize":306729464,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"47b40cf047b1938aa6a6268f10697f820abe716327fbdf715d722fad62bc83e2"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2520a.m4v","FileSize":61449356,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2520a.jpg","FileSize":8987,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2520a.jpg","FileSize":4728,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2519a","Title":"Laser trial run kickstarts new era of interferometry | Chasing Starlight","Description":"We’ve been working towards this for decades, and now the time has finally come. Last week, ESO’s Paranal Observatory was host to a show unlike any other as four lasers, one from each of the 8-metre telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), were projected into the skies. All in the name of science, of course.
\r\nIn this Chasing Starlight episode, we’ll explore GRAVITY+, a massive upgrade to ESO's VLT Interferometer and how new lasers are opening up the southern sky to this facility.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2519/.
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\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2519.
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\r\nThis timelapse was created from photographs taken in early November on a nearly full-moon night by ESO's Juan Beltran.
\r\nThe lasers appear curved in this timelapse due to a projection effect.
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\nThis timelapse was created from photographs taken in early November on a nearly full-moon night by ALPACA, the ALL-sky Paranal Apical CAmera, a device used to monitor the sky observing conditions.
\nThe lasers appear curved in this timelapse due to a projection effect.
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\r\nThe ELT dome and its doors guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert in Chile. Each of the doors will weigh approximately 650 tonnes once completed, including walkways, ducts for heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and other related mechanisms already installed. Moving these massive doors is no small feat, and the test shown in this timelapse, captured in early October, is key to ensuring that everything works as it should.
\r\nOnce both doors are fully installed and operational they will be closed, providing a more stable and controlled environment inside the dome for the upcoming construction phases. These include installing critical systems like the hydrostatic oil bearings that will allow for a smooth and precise movement of the telescope. Once the ELT is in operation the doors must respond quickly to protect the telescope against sudden changes in the external conditions. At night, the doors will allow the biggest eye on the sky to scrutinise Chile’s uniquely dark skies.
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\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2518/.
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\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2518/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
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","Credit":"NASA/JWST","PublicationDate":"2025-10-13T15:05:09Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/JWST_slideshow_FD/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":1,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/dome_4kmaster/JWST_slideshow_FD.zip","FileSize":2879728224,"Dimensions":[4096.0,4096.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"bc95205331edb83e7d4def81cb6b8f086052bf428eb07064f933df74f333203d"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/dome_preview/JWST_slideshow_FD.mp4","FileSize":79371008,"Dimensions":[1024.0,1024.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/JWST_slideshow_FD.jpg","FileSize":15252,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/JWST_slideshow_FD.jpg","FileSize":5324,"Dimensions":[60.0,60.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2516b","Title":"Zooming in on the rogue planet Cha 1107-7626","Description":"This video zooms in on Cha 1107-7626, located about 620 light-years away in the constellation Chamaeleon. This rogue planet is 5-10 times more massive than Jupiter and doesn’t orbit a star.
\r\nThe video combines images taken with different telescopes at different times and various wavelengths. It begins with a wide view of the night sky in visible light. As we zoom in, we switch to an infrared view taken with ESO’s Visible and Infrared Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). Finally, we show an artist’s animation of the planet, which is eating up gas and dust from a disc around it. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found this is now happening at a rate of about 6 billion tonnes per second.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2516/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/Meingast et al. Music: Azul Cobalto","PublicationDate":"2025-10-02T12:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Planet"],"Name":["Cha 1107-7626"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2516b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":60,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2516b.mp4","FileSize":245716814,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"ac5d7334781f5864f0c4db0f73436ff84bd0e9e48ba3e9d3f58660cb88fc9ccb"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2516b.m4v","FileSize":50331701,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2516b.jpg","FileSize":14097,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2516b.jpg","FileSize":5160,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2516c","Title":"Animation of the growth spurt in the rogue planet Cha 1107-7626","Description":"This artist’s animation shows Cha 1107-7626. Located about 620 light-years away, this rogue planet is about 5-10 times more massive than Jupiter and doesn’t orbit a star. The planet is eating up material from a disc around it and, using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered that it is now doing so at a rate of six billion tonnes per second –– the fastest ever found for any kind of planet. This is illustrated shortly after the clip begins, where the flow of gas and dust from the disc onto the planet intensifies. The team suspects that strong magnetic fields could be funnelling material towards the planet, something only seen in stars before.
\r\nWhen the infalling material reaches the planet it heats up its surface, creating a bright hot spot. The X-shooter spectrograph on ESO’s VLT detected a marked brightening in mid-2025, and found a clear fingerprint that this was caused by infalling gas. The observations show that the planet is now accreting matter about 8 times faster than a few months before.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2516/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-10-02T12:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Planet"],"Name":["Cha 1107-7626"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2516c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":60,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2516c.mp4","FileSize":74788695,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2516c.m4v","FileSize":15444792,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2516c.jpg","FileSize":8040,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2516c.jpg","FileSize":4705,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2516d","Title":"Animation of the growth spurt in the rogue planet Cha 1107-7626","Description":"This artist’s animation shows Cha 1107-7626. Located about 620 light-years away, this rogue planet is about 5-10 times more massive than Jupiter and doesn’t orbit a star. The planet is eating up material from a disc around it and, using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered that it is now doing so at a rate of six billion tonnes per second –– the fastest ever found for any kind of planet. The team suspects that strong magnetic fields could be funnelling material towards the planet, something only seen in stars before.
\r\nWhen the infalling material reaches the planet it heats up its surface, creating a bright hot spot. The X-shooter spectrograph on ESO’s VLT detected a marked brightening in mid-2025, and found a clear fingerprint that this was caused by infalling gas. The observations show that the planet is now accreting matter about 8 times faster than a few months before.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2516/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-10-02T12:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Planet"],"Name":["Cha 1107-7626"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2516d/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":60,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2516d.mp4","FileSize":105258454,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"ad7f6ab127a8756345cb49ca0b102ca145a19fcc60481951e117cc41268d2af8"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2516d.m4v","FileSize":21329557,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2516d.jpg","FileSize":6361,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2516d.jpg","FileSize":4285,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2516a","Title":"Rogue planet found growing at record rate | ESO News","Description":"For more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2516/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and E. Arango.Written by: Malika Nora Duffek.Music: Stellardrone – Rendezvous With Rama.Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser, Angelos Tsaousis, Christoph Malin, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Meingast et al.Scientific consultant: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova.Based on research by: V. Almendros-Abad et al., ApJL.","PublicationDate":"2025-10-02T12:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Planet"],"Name":["Cha 1107-7626"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2516a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2516a.mp4","FileSize":267679704,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"30a88095e8758217405f34690fe0948ab03d2d6207b14ba07cf18ffa61a7d6b7"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2516a.m4v","FileSize":53460483,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2516a.jpg","FileSize":11584,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2516a.jpg","FileSize":5327,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eltu_pds","Title":"Aligning the mirrors of the world's largest optical telescope","Description":"The 39-m mirror of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is too large to be made of a single piece, and will consist of 798 hexagonal segments pieced together like a puzzle. How will we keep them aligned? The Phasing and Diagnostics Station (PDS) will monitor the ELT’s optics and ensure that all segments work together as single giant mirror.
","Credit":"ESODirected by: Angelos TsaousisEditing: Angelos TsaousisWritten by: Bárbara FerreiraMusic: Jon Kennedy – Black Sea.Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Angelos Tsaousis, Jose Porte.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and E. Arango.Acknowledgements: Lorenzo Pettazzi, Thomas Pfrommer","PublicationDate":"2025-09-23T10:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology"],"Name":["Extremely Large Telescope"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eltu_pds/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":77,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eltu_pds.mp4","FileSize":228099301,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"f5f4b9dd8a30347d2bd77a9cab89ae824ebd62b1d423125f263cf783244a1c1a"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eltu_pds.m4v","FileSize":45556939,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eltu_pds.jpg","FileSize":14745,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eltu_pds.jpg","FileSize":5222,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2515b","Title":"Animation of Hayabusa2’s touchdown on asteroid 1998 KY26","Description":"This animation shows the touchdown manoeuvre that Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is likely to perform when it reaches its target in 2031, in a brief encounter with the asteroid 1998 KY26. Now that a new study has shown that this asteroid is roughly three times smaller than previously expected, and spinning twice as fast, this procedure may be more difficult to conduct.
\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2515/.
","Credit":"ESO/M. Kornmesser. Asteroid: T. Santana-Ros et al. Hayabusa2 model: SuperTKG (CC-BY-SA).","PublicationDate":"2025-09-18T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid","Solar System : Technology : Spacecraft : Lander"],"Name":["1998 KY26"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2515b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":51,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2515b.mp4","FileSize":121056534,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"b6b06b258a27cf6982a330b77c8d7eb35d061fe5cbd98acb2a01d12a33c92186"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2515b.m4v","FileSize":15632835,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2515b.jpg","FileSize":6811,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2515b.jpg","FileSize":3967,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2515a","Title":"Hayabusa2’s next target is smaller and faster than we thought | ESO News","Description":"For more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2515/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
","Credit":"ESODirected by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and E. Arango.Written by: Amy Briggs and Sean Bromilow.Music: Stellardrone – Between The Rings.Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Angelos Tsaousis, Martin Kornmesser, P. Das et al., K. Noll et al., Gerhard Hüdepohl (https://atacamaphoto.com/), Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com)Scientific consultant: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova.","PublicationDate":"2025-09-18T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid"],"Name":["1998 KY26"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2515a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":70,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2515a.mp4","FileSize":275037427,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"e3093ddb4b0bf18b45cf0a72bcb0c61af70bc27f3fa6e5e163dd1949994a2700"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2515a.m4v","FileSize":57792752,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2515a.jpg","FileSize":10202,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2515a.jpg","FileSize":4658,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2515c","Title":"Animation comparing asteroids Ryugu and 1998 KY26","Description":"At only 11 metres across, the asteroid 1998 KY26 is the smallest asteroid that any space mission has attempted to touch down on. In 2031, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is planned to rendezvous with this tiny asteroid, after its prior successful mission to the much larger 162173 Ryugu in 2018. Ryugu is 900 metres wide and can be seen in this video looming behind 1998 KY26, although in reality both asteroids follow very different orbits, and are only shown close together in this animation for comparison While both asteroids are spinning, 1998 KY26 spins much more quickly, further complicating Hayabusa2’s future touchdown.
\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2515/.
","Credit":"ESO/M. Kornmesser. Asteroid models: T. Santana-Ros, JAXA/University of Aizu/Kobe University","PublicationDate":"2025-09-18T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid"],"Name":["162173 Ryugu","1998 KY26"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2515c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":51,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2515c.mp4","FileSize":255340598,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2515c.m4v","FileSize":31016157,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2515c.jpg","FileSize":11769,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2515c.jpg","FileSize":4504,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0023a","Title":"New images of M87's black hole show its changing magnetic field","Description":"In 2017 the Event Horizon Telescope — a worldwide network of radio-telescopes — observed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy, leading to the first ever image of a black hole, released in 2019. Now, using observations from 2017, 2018 and 2021, astronomers have found some changes in this now iconic image that could be caused by variations in the magnetic field around the black hole.
\r\nNote that the Greenland Telescope (GLT) was added to the EHT in 2018: it was left out of the map at 7:58 by mistake.
\r\nThis video zooms in on the gamma-ray burst GRB 250702B, a powerful explosion that repeated several times over the course of a day on 2 July, an event unlike anything ever witnessed before. The event took place in another galaxy, but its cause remains unknown.
\r\nThe video combines images taken with different telescopes at different times and various wavelengths. The journey begins with a wide-field view of the sky in visible light, which then switches to infrared light. The video ends with a sequence of infrared images taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope showing the aftermath of the explosion, with the source fading from 3 July (one day after the explosion) to 15 July.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2514/.
\r\nThis sequence of images shows the evolution over several days of the gamma-ray burst GRB 250702B. This GRB was first observed with high-energy telescopes on 2 July, which detected several flares of gamma rays over the course of a day.
\r\nAstronomers then used ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to pinpoint the exact location of the explosion and monitor how its so-called afterglow faded over several days.
\r\nThe images shown here were taken with the VLT’s HAWK-I infrared camera. For clarity, only the central area updates from one frame to the next. The explosion appears to be nested within an elongated galaxy, later confirmed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
\r\nIn the last 30 years we've discovered around 6000 planets orbiting other stars. But how do astronomers find these exoplanets? And can we take real images of them? In this Chasing Starlight episode we give you an overview of some of the most popular exoplanet hunting methods.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: L. Calçada, M. KornmesserHosted by: S. RandallWritten by: S. Bromilow, A. Briggs, B. FerreiraEditing: M. Kornmesser, L. CalçadaVideography: A. TsaousisAnimations & footage: ESO, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, G. Lambert, NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, N. Risinger, P. Horálek, Jose Porte, Ace/CimolaiMusic: envatoWeb and technical support: E. Arango, R. ShidaScientific consultant: P. Amico, J. C. Muñoz-MateosPromotion: O. SanduFilming Locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org)\r\nProduced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory (eso.org)","PublicationDate":"2025-09-05T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0022a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0022a.mp4","FileSize":2553133704,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"2f7f7393c8f25867aecad3717318576365253680d5a80de16e88bff75f9e7f32"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0022a.m4v","FileSize":308696013,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"f2ce50305d17cc21f6b52949517a30a29ed39aed5e63f5ed81c2099613a8de37"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0022a.jpg","FileSize":7483,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0022a.jpg","FileSize":4539,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"annlang25002a-de-en","Title":"Statement of President Steinmeier during a visit to ESO Headquarters","Description":"German Federal President Steinmeier addressed the press at the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre at the end of a visit to ESO's Headquarters in Garching, Germany, on 2 September 2025.
","Credit":"ESO","PublicationDate":"2025-09-02T15:30:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : People"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/annlang25002a-de/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":38,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/annlang25002a-de.mp4","FileSize":666239769,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"b05b9949c7ea4f231f0815279f711123cf9aa997db84b240405cafa342c880b3"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/annlang25002a-de.m4v","FileSize":135921570,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"926c05ecd6b39413cdebc3b233a75d75925bc4fc7f8dfe460736f49cf9eef5bc"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/annlang25002a-de.jpg","FileSize":14161,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/annlang25002a-de.jpg","FileSize":5625,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"potw2529a","Title":"The 4MOST optical fibres in action","Description":"The optical fibres in this video are part of 4MOST (the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope), an upcoming instrument that will allow astronomers to observe thousands of astronomical objects in one go.
\r\nThe instrument has 2436 fibres, which can independently move to point at the stars or galaxies researchers wish to observe. The light of these objects is then directed into spectrographs that will split it into its constituent colours, allowing astronomers to work out properties of these sources such as their composition, their speed or their distance. Over a planned 5-year survey, 4MOST is expected to capture spectra of more than 25 million different sources spread over an area larger than 60 000 full Moons.
\r\nIn this clip, the accuracy of the fibres is being tested by illuminating them from the back so that special cameras can pinpoint their exact locations and fine-tune them as necessary. The instrument, led by the Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), is currently being tested and assembled at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, where it will be installed on the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA).
\r\nThis video zooms into HD 135344B, a young star located around 440 light-years away. The star is surrounded by a disc of dust and gas with prominent spiral features. New observations obtained with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) may have unveiled a planet that could be sculping these features.
\r\nThe video combines images taken with different telescopes at different times and various wavelengths. The journey begins with a wide view of the night sky in visible light. As we approach HD 135344B we see three images of the immediate vicinity of the star. First, an image of the star’s dusty disc taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Then, an infrared view of the spiral arms within the disc, captured with the SPHERE instrument at the VLT. Finally, a new infrared image revealing a candidate planet, taken with the VLT’s new ERIS instrument.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2513/
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/VMC Survey/Digitized Sky Survey 2/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/N. van der Marel et al./T. Stolker et al./F. Maio et al.","PublicationDate":"2025-07-21T12:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary"],"Name":["HD135344B"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2513a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":70,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2513a.mp4","FileSize":169460647,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"c43b18143410b0c455eb0cdbf0aa1201281fa1dd588644af6d3d29feb10190f1"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2513a.m4v","FileSize":33799990,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2513a.jpg","FileSize":7453,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2513a.jpg","FileSize":4160,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2512a","Title":"Witnessing the dawn of a new solar system | Chasing Starlight","Description":"We have observed the formation of giant planets in discs around young stars before. But now, for the first time, we have found a planetary system that turns the clock back even further, right to when the first specks of planet-forming material were created.
\r\nIn this Chasing Starlight episode, we’ll explore how we could be witnessing the dawn of a new Solar System.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2512/.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: L. Calçada, M. KornmesserHosted by: S. RandallWritten by: A. Briggs, S. Bromilow, B. FerreiraEditing: M. Kornmesser, L. CalçadaVideography: A. TsaousisAnimations & footage: ESO, ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al,M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, ESA, NASA, BBC, B. Tafreshi (twanight.org),NASA Eyes on Asteroids, Vernazza et al./MISTRAL algorithm (ONERA/CNRS)Music: envatoWeb and technical support: E. Arango, R. Yumi ShidaScientific consultant: P. AmicoPromotion: O. SanduFilming Locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org)\r\nProduced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory (eso.org)","PublicationDate":"2025-07-16T15:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary"],"Name":["HOPS-315"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2512a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2512a.mp4","FileSize":1766255517,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"7e6fbca247f989ab794bf9650304208524ac1f168bc9ae436ac07d2f552d9b5e"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2512a.m4v","FileSize":212504296,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"50c798089202b17f9b465ab2743bda7eb2c1903678e72e733c273c2c4d776c90"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2512a.jpg","FileSize":9798,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2512a.jpg","FileSize":4824,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2512b","Title":"Zoom into the baby star HOPS-315","Description":"This video zooms into HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have identified gas condensing into solid minerals for the first time.
\r\nThis zoom was created with images from different telescopes stitched together, covering progressively smaller areas in the sky. Most of the video shows the night sky in visible light, and at the end we see an image taken with the ALMA telescope at sub millimetre wavelengths.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2512/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/VISTA/ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al. Music: Azul Cobalto","PublicationDate":"2025-07-16T15:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary"],"Name":["HOPS-315"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2512b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":60,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2512b.mp4","FileSize":182623685,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"b6e41c1246e50dd273f1b293b1f42909859d66a7b4c3b3159f2c2eed167f11c0"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2512b.m4v","FileSize":35481852,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2512b.jpg","FileSize":14986,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2512b.jpg","FileSize":4917,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2512c","Title":"Animation of the formation of minerals around the baby star HOPS-315","Description":"This animation illustrates how hot gas condenses into solid minerals around the baby star HOPS-315. At the beginning we see molecules of silicon monoxide which then condense into solid dust grains. The video then zooms out to reveal an actual image of HOPS-315 taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner. This image shows different molecules blowing away from the star: carbon monoxide in orange and silicon monoxide in blue.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2512/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada/ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al.","PublicationDate":"2025-07-16T15:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary"],"Name":["HOPS-315"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2512c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":60,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2512c.mp4","FileSize":65102169,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2512c.m4v","FileSize":12168511,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2512c.jpg","FileSize":15235,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2512c.jpg","FileSize":5192,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"potw2527a","Title":"VLT timelapse of 3I/ATLAS, a new interstellar object","Description":"ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has obtained new images of 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object discovered last week. Identified as a comet, 3I/ATLAS is only the third visitor from outside the Solar System ever found, after 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov. Its highly eccentric hyperbolic orbit, unlike that of objects in the Solar System, gave away its interstellar origin.
\r\nIn this VLT timelapse, 3I/ATLAS is seen moving to the right over the course of about 13 minutes. These data were obtained with the FORS2 instrument on the VLT on the night of 3 July 2025, just two days after the comet was first discovered. The data were made immediately public through the ESO archive.
\r\nAt the end of the video, we see all frames stacked into a single image: the deepest and best to date we have of this foreign object. But this record won’t hold for long as the comet is getting closer to Earth and becoming less faint. Currently more than 600 million kilometres away from the Sun, 3I/ATLAS is travelling towards the inner Solar System and is expected to make its closest approach to our star in late October 2025. While 3I/ATLAS will be hiding behind the Sun at that point, it will become observable again in December 2025, as it makes its way back to interstellar space.
\r\nTelescopes around the world, including the VLT, will continue to observe this rare celestial visitor for as long as they can, to find out more about its shape, its composition and its origin. What surprises will these observations reveal? Stay tuned!
\r\nCorrection (October 2025): In late October 2025, 3I/ATLAS will have its closest approach to our star, the Sun, not to the Earth as indicated in a previous version of the text. The closest approach to our planet will happen in December in 2025.
\r\nAstronomers have found the first visual evidence that a star has died by detonating twice. Observations taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) revealed concentric shells of calcium in the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5. These features indicate that the now-dead star exploded with two detonations.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and E. Arango.Written by: Amy Briggs and Sean Bromilow.Music: Stellardrone – Comet Halley.Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Angelos Tsaousis, Martin Kornmesser, P. Das et al., K. Noll et al., Gerhard Hüdepohl (https://atacamaphoto.com/), Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com)Scientific consultant: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova.","PublicationDate":"2025-07-02T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant"],"Name":["SNR 0509-67.5"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2511a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2511a.mp4","FileSize":331027420,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"aea5795ebe21784bcdbd7da3226bde3e5a1912d5f1edb7a4f0d1c4a9c7ca6c44"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2511a.m4v","FileSize":67164196,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2511a.jpg","FileSize":14532,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2511a.jpg","FileSize":5423,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2511c","Title":"Animation of a double-detonation supernova","Description":"This animation illustrates the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, the leftovers of a star that died with a double-detonation. These two blasts imprinted a characteristic layered structure in the expanding material around the star. At the end of the animation we show a real image captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which displays different chemical elements in different colours. The are two concentric shells of calcium, seen here in blue, a telltale sign that the star met its end with two detonations.
\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511/.
","Credit":"ESO/M. Kornmesser/P. Das et al. Background stars, final image (Hubble): K. Noll et al.","PublicationDate":"2025-07-02T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant"],"Name":["SNR 0509-67.5"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2511c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":65,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2511c.mp4","FileSize":167700127,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"fecd943cbd63bedfd31767bbd5063024877d545d6a3c758bd7431051487f7ff1"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2511c.m4v","FileSize":18520058,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2511c.jpg","FileSize":9627,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2511c.jpg","FileSize":4994,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2511b","Title":"Zooming into a star that detonated twice","Description":"This video zooms into the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, the expanding remains of a star that died by detonating twice. This object is located 160 000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
\r\nThis zoom was made by blending together images taken at different times with different telescopes. The video ends with an image captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which shows the distribution of different chemical elements ejected when the star died. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. This indicates that the star exploded with a double detonation.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/VMC Survey/Digitized Sky Survey 2/P. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et al. Music: Azul Cobalto","PublicationDate":"2025-07-02T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant"],"Name":["SNR 0509-67.5"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2511b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":32,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2511b.mp4","FileSize":199238004,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"15982547d804403dc7104c8f6e35a969179da4a23e7b1d5a5c7012cc28743d2c"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2511b.m4v","FileSize":38730759,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2511b.jpg","FileSize":15616,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2511b.jpg","FileSize":4732,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0020a","Title":"Planetary defence 101: tracking dangerous asteroids","Description":"","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: L. Calçada, M. KornmesserHosted by: S. RandallWritten by: S. Bromilow, A. I. LópezEditing: M. Kornmesser, L. CalçadaVideography: A. TsaousisAnimations & footage: ESO, ESA, NASA, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, O. Hainaut et al., NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, BBC, P. Horálek, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA/University of Arizona/CSA/York University/Open University/MDAMusic: VIDEVOWeb and technical support: E. Arango, R. ShidaScientific consultant: O. HainautPromotion: O. SanduFilming Locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org)\r\nProduced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory (eso.org)\r\nMovie clips: Don't look up (2021) Netflix, Hyperobject Industries, Adam McKay (director), David Sirota (writer) Armageddon (1998) ︎Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Michael Bay (director), Jonathan Hensleigh (writer), J.J.Abrams (writer) Deep Impact (1998) Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions, Amblin Entertainment, Mimi Leder (director), Bruce Joel Rubin (writer), Michael Tolkin (writer)","PublicationDate":"2025-06-30T13:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0020a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0020a.mp4","FileSize":2568015800,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"cc0c9145d17efa206fe26b9804880e26491c052cd4c67073f063f4d68c18605f"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0020a.m4v","FileSize":308027717,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"31af0c79fb6d11e14cc35282c3baa3937c33b8174516e09c6c7f7b4ebcf11ba6"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0020a.jpg","FileSize":10933,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0020a.jpg","FileSize":4518,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2510a","Title":"Astronomers capture galaxy in thousands of colours | ESO News","Description":"Astronomers have captured a unique thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy. To create this highly detailed image, the team of researchers spent over 50 hours observing the galaxy with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). By mapping this galaxy at thousands of different colours or wavelengths astronomers can know everything about the stars, gas and dust in this galaxy.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2510/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and Edison Arango.Written by: Amy Briggs and Sean Bromilow.Music: Stellardrone - Airglow.Footage and photos: ESO / Luis Calçada, Cristoph Malin, Angelos Tsaousis, Mahdi Zamani, Enrico Congiu et al.Scientific consultant: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova.","PublicationDate":"2025-06-18T12:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral"],"Name":["Sculptor Galaxy"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2510a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2510a.mp4","FileSize":226904220,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"b25f158c8fb174c088dae68b5e57437beb4ef105bb89e3e5ba498304b59587ea"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2510a.m4v","FileSize":46602417,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2510a.jpg","FileSize":14456,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2510a.jpg","FileSize":5380,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2510b","Title":"Zooming into a thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy","Description":"Fly with us to the relatively nearby Sculptor Galaxy… 11 million light years away from us.
\r\nThis galaxy is the subject of a highly detailed portrait, an image that astronomers made containing thousands of colours. To capture the galaxy in this light, the team of researchers observed it for over 50 hours with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT).
\r\nThis zoom was created with images from different telescopes stitched together, covering progressively smaller areas in the sky, ending on the final portrait in all its glory.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2510/
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/E. Congiu et al. Music: Azul Cobalto","PublicationDate":"2025-06-18T12:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral"],"Name":["Sculptor Galaxy"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2510b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2510b.mp4","FileSize":211078016,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"2adabedc76eb27c24d3350795987cb643ce8118988829dbefb92f340b25e34d2"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2510b.m4v","FileSize":38208628,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2510b.jpg","FileSize":10545,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2510b.jpg","FileSize":4692,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2510c","Title":"The Sculptor Galaxy in a myriad of colours","Description":"The above animation shows the depth of information that is contained in a new portrait of the Sculptor galaxy. While a normal image contains information in just a handful of colours, here we see the Sculptor Galaxy in thousands of them.
\r\nThe data were captured with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). As the video goes through different colours (or wavelengths), the galaxy lights up as we see the specific colour emitted by certain elements such as hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen. We also see one side of the galaxy light up before the other. This is due to the Doppler effect: as the galaxy rotates, one side of the galaxy is moving towards us, and its light is shifted to bluer wavelengths, whereas the light from the receding side is shifted to redder wavelengths.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2510/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada/E. Congiu et al.","PublicationDate":"2025-06-18T12:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral"],"Name":["Sculptor Galaxy"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2510c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2510c.mp4","FileSize":182101534,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"2d62a7a342ce57e7646f61fc5bc389a3c775c83c6f89d138f9dd490c33edab90"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2510c.m4v","FileSize":39860290,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2510c.jpg","FileSize":8828,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2510c.jpg","FileSize":4828,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2510d","Title":"Animation of the rotation of the Sculptor Galaxy","Description":"This animation shows the motion of the Sculptor Galaxy based upon the data gathered with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The underlying images are real, and they have been animated in 3D using actual velocity data obtained with MUSE. The first part of the clip shows already-formed stars within the galaxy, and then we overlay the distribution of gas in star-forming regions.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2510/.
","Credit":"ESO/M. Kornmesser/E. Congiu et al.","PublicationDate":"2025-06-18T12:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral"],"Name":["Sculptor Galaxy"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2510d/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2510d.mp4","FileSize":52141882,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2510d.m4v","FileSize":8722458,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2510d.jpg","FileSize":7190,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2510d.jpg","FileSize":4166,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0019a","Title":"How massive can black holes get?","Description":"","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: L. Calçada, M. KornmesserHosted by: S. RandallWritten by: L. Spillman, A. I. LópezEditing: M. Kornmesser, L. CalçadaVideography: A. Tsaousis\r\nAnimations & footage: ESO, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, M. Zamani, NASA/CXC/MIT/M.McDonald et al, NASA/STScI, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, Space Engine (spaceengine.org), Jordy Davelaar et al./Radboud University/BlackHoleCam, ISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration, EHT Collaboration\r\nMusic: VIDEVOWeb and technical support: E. Arango, R. Yumi ShidaScientific consultant: P. AmicoPromotion: O. SanduFilming locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org)Produced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory","PublicationDate":"2025-06-13T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole","Unspecified : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0019a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0019a.mp4","FileSize":1972395082,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"d50a658c5efe4c5071a402b4fa6ca0bb33661062c1a2b711e4414ea8329cc91f"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0019a.m4v","FileSize":237564220,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"33a7a329e92855208e6a733d58fcc4fb1db3886261d281471aa70ac0c1789c55"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0019a.jpg","FileSize":12153,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0019a.jpg","FileSize":5347,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eltu_Lasers","Title":"New powerful lasers for the world's largest optical telescope","Description":"Ground-based telescopes have a trick up their sleeve to deal with atmospheric turbulence: lasers. By creating artificial stars in the sky and monitoring how blurred they are we can obtain very sharp images of the cosmos. Together with our industrial partners we are now testing next-generation lasers for both our Very Large Telescope (VLT) and our Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).
\r\n","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis Editing: Angelos Tsaousis Written by: Bárbara Ferreira Music: Jon Kennedy – They Made Us Too Many. Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Angelos Tsaousis, Jose Porte, Mahdi Zamani, Christoph Malin, Daniele Gasparri, Sebastian Kammann (LJMU)/ Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org). Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and E. Arango. Acknowledgements: TNO, TOPTICA.","PublicationDate":"2025-06-06T08:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology : Observatory"],"Name":["Extremely Large Telescope"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eltu_Lasers/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":49,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eltu_Lasers.mp4","FileSize":224261940,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"7fb3f111f4067870672aa2135fc8d982079cbaf3ff0c5e651f1b63c5a3187180"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eltu_Lasers.m4v","FileSize":46401372,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eltu_Lasers.jpg","FileSize":12159,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eltu_Lasers.jpg","FileSize":5029,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2509b","Title":"Zooming into a pair of jousting galaxies","Description":"
This video zooms into a galactic merging event in deep space, like a ‘cosmic joust’. One of these galaxies is piercing the other with intense radiation, emitted by a quasar at its core. This radiation is disrupting the gas and dust inside the other galaxy, dampening its ability to form stars.
\nUsing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers resolved these two galaxies despite how close they are to each other in the sky. Using the X-shooter instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), they examined how radiation affected the material inside the galaxy being bombarded by a quasar.
\nThe various images shown here were blended together to create this zoom. They come from different telescopes, observing at different times, ending with a close-up of the galaxies as seen by ALMA. At the very end we see an artist’s illustration depicting how the beam of radiation affects the companion galaxy.
\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2509/.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/DESI Legacy Survey/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Balashev and P. Noterdaeme et al. Music: Azul Cobalto","PublicationDate":"2025-05-21T15:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2509b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":0,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2509b.mp4","FileSize":179247853,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"7ccb8daebacf5ecf20b6a5a1b65f70f4b78396405a67da1c3f8c61e16de2c564"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2509b.m4v","FileSize":39099304,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2509b.jpg","FileSize":11999,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2509b.jpg","FileSize":4770,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2509c","Title":"Animation of a pair of jousting galaxies","Description":"This video shows a series of animations of two interacting galaxies, where one of them is piercing the other with intense radiation, like a cosmic joust.
\r\nThe first animation shows a wide view of both galaxies. The one to the right hosts a quasar –– a central supermassive black hole that is accreting matter and emitting a powerful beam of radiation. As this radiation passes through the companion galaxy, it disrupts the gas clouds within it.
\r\nThe animation then zooms into the affected area of the companion galaxy. The radiation from the quasar has destroyed most of the large gas clouds, leaving only small clumps and hampering the galaxy’s ability to form new stars. This damage was studied using the X-shooter instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT).
\r\nThe last animation shows both galaxies with the orientation they have as seen from Earth. The illustration is blended with a real image taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), which maps the molecular gas in these galaxies.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2509/.
","Credit":"ESO/M. Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-05-21T15:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2509c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":25,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2509c.mp4","FileSize":253263384,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"7ed2407ced4492f01edc324e123d0fddc564a2eee9a6b686eccaedc19cf0652d"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2509c.m4v","FileSize":31161057,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2509c.jpg","FileSize":6322,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2509c.jpg","FileSize":4175,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2509a","Title":"Astronomers observe pair of galaxies in deep-space battle | ESO News","Description":"Astronomers have witnessed a violent galactic merger in deep space. Like a ‘cosmic joust’, one galaxy is piercing another with a cone of intense radiation.
\r\nThe results of their analysis, using both ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), show that this radiation is disrupting the gas and dust within the the other galaxy.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2509/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin WallnerEditing: Angelos TsaousisWeb and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and E. ArangoWritten by: Amy Briggs and Sean BromilowMusic: Stellardrone - TwilightFootage and photos: ESO / Luis Calçada, Cristoph Malin (christophmalin.com), Martin Kornmesser, Angelos Tsaousis, Babak Tafreshi (https://twanight.org/), Jose Porte,ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Balashev and P. Noterdaeme et al. Scientific consultant: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova","PublicationDate":"2025-05-21T15:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2509a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":71,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2509a.mp4","FileSize":493600072,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"353f1e3fab814ee253f89e8df8d6aadcca8a5815ba8a9e66adca264c5701fdfe"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2509a.m4v","FileSize":98758262,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2509a.jpg","FileSize":9125,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2509a.jpg","FileSize":4952,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"cs0018a","Title":"Taking super sharp astronomical images with adaptive optics","Description":"Turbulence in our atmosphere blurs images of the cosmos, but astronomers have a trick up their sleeve: adaptive optics. Using powerful lasers and fast deformable mirrors we can correct this blurring in real time and obtain extremely sharp astronomical images. In this episode of Chasing Starlight we show you how this amazing technology works and how it’s implemented in our telescopes.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: L. Calçada, M. KornmesserHosted by: S. Randall Written by: H. HuysegomsEditing: M. Kornmesser, L. CalçadaVideography: A. TsaousisAnimations & footage: ESO, E. Garcés, L. Calçada, M. Kornmesser, Nick Risinger, Microgate, P. Weilbacher (AIP), P. Horálek, Roland Bacon, Zdeněk Bardon, C. Malin, M. Zamani, A. de Burgos Sierra, CIMOLAI, S. Petković, E. Garcés, ESA, J. C. Muñoz-Mateos, S. Guisard, FocuslightMusic: VIDEVOWeb and technical support: E. Arango, R. Y. Shida Scientific consultant: P. AmicoPromotion: O. SanduFilming Locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org)\r\nProduced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory (eso.org)\r\nReturn of the Jedi: ©︎ Lucasfilm Ltd. 20th Century-FoxRichard Marquand (director), Howard Kazanjian (producer), George Lucas (story)\r\nAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)New Line Cinema, New Line Productions, Moving Pictures, Eric's Boy, KC MedienJay Roach (director), Suzanne Todd, Demi Moore, Jennifer Todd, Mike Myers (producer)\r\nIndependence Day (1996)20th Century Fox, Centropolis EntertainmentRoland Emmerich (director), Dean Devlin (producer)","PublicationDate":"2025-05-09T08:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology"],"Name":["Adaptive Optics"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/cs0018a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/cs0018a.mp4","FileSize":2471145017,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"5a547d9ca60636bc92290604e560d890dac64c77ca1160acfd4749991029d268"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/cs0018a.m4v","FileSize":293926201,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"5ff57ec844b771da75fedb7ccdc719f30e3f00686ec244c6f5fea770e6385bb1"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/cs0018a.jpg","FileSize":8645,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/cs0018a.jpg","FileSize":4736,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"ohd-brno-observatory-elt","Title":"ELT Construction (Fulldome)","Description":"An exclusive look at the ELT during construction and the night sky above it.
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","Credit":"ESO","PublicationDate":"2025-05-07T10:00:00Z","Subject":{},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/paranal-nightlapse-outside/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":3,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/dome_4kmaster/paranal-nightlapse-outside.zip","FileSize":2391709542,"Dimensions":[4096.0,4096.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"a410fd01513f3f76bdf5613a3754e89e4438456a90cc04cffbcef320c3f01d5a"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/dome_preview/paranal-nightlapse-outside.mp4","FileSize":83514128,"Dimensions":[1024.0,1024.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/paranal-nightlapse-outside.jpg","FileSize":6817,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/paranal-nightlapse-outside.jpg","FileSize":4538,"Dimensions":[60.0,60.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"paranal-laser-inside","Title":"Inside the VLT — Lasers to the Stars","Description":"An exclusive look inside one of the telescopes of the VLT with its lasers beaming to the stars.
","Credit":"ESO","PublicationDate":"2025-05-07T10:00:00Z","Subject":{},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/paranal-laser-inside/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":3,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/dome_4kmaster/paranal-laser-inside.zip","FileSize":5764679757,"Dimensions":[4096.0,4096.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"08a35ba848fe4670309950df7d556a4dc05c78e867c56917ead602ec76c96f92"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/dome_preview/paranal-laser-inside.mp4","FileSize":103025878,"Dimensions":[1024.0,1024.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/paranal-laser-inside.jpg","FileSize":16960,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/paranal-laser-inside.jpg","FileSize":7465,"Dimensions":[60.0,60.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"europe-to-the-stars-2024","Title":"Europe to the Stars 2024 (fulldome)","Description":"Europe to the Stars takes the viewer on an epic journey behind the scenes at the most productive ground-based observatory in the world, revealing the science, the history, the technology and the people.
\r\nDiscover the European Southern Observatory in a story of cosmic curiosity, courage and perseverance; a story of observing a Universe of deep mysteries and hidden secrets; and a story of designing, building and operating the most powerful ground-based telescopes on the planet.
\r\nThe movie focuses on the essential aspects of an astronomical observatory, while offering a broader view of how astronomy is done. From site-testing to locate the best places in the world for observing the sky, to how telescopes are built and what mysteries of the Universe astronomers are revealing.
\r\nThis is an updated version of the original show released in 2018.
\r\nWe encourage the community to produce their own translations and narrations. The script and split audio files are supplied to the right. We welcome receiving copies of the translated scripts and audio files to share with the community.
\r\nThe raw high/low effect that plays at 19:40 can be downloaded from here (.wav format, 6.2 MB).
\r\nThe movie poster is available for download in various formats here.
","Credit":"Director: Lars Lindberg ChristensenMusic: Music Jennifer Athena Galatis. Orchestra Conducted by Jennifer Athena Galatis.3D Animation and Graphics: Martin Kornmesser, Luis Calçada & Theofanis MatsopoulosSound Effects and Mixing: Konstantino PolizoisProducer: The European Southern Observatory (ESO)Executive Producer: Lars Lindberg ChristensenScript and Scientific Advice: Govert Schilling, Lars Lindberg Christensen & Nicky GuttridgeScientists: Dominika Wylezalek & Mariya LyubenovaNarration: Sara Mendes da Costa\r\nGerman Version\r\nTranslation: Christian KlempsmannNarration: zappmedia","PublicationDate":"2025-05-06T14:15:46Z","Subject":{},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/europe-to-the-stars-2024/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":40,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/dome_4kmaster/europe-to-the-stars-2024.zip","FileSize":343827639454,"Dimensions":[4096.0,4096.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"3f74a78555f07a29a2a2eba7e3b622b02ca599cdb407f381da3a3cbe0dc8703d"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn2.eso.org/videos/dome_preview/europe-to-the-stars-2024.mp4","FileSize":2960432445,"Dimensions":[1024.0,1024.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome","Checksum":"1a874653791c6bc19de48d075ee1da989afa6d933339351087e9673ede207b05"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/europe-to-the-stars-2024.jpg","FileSize":11870,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/europe-to-the-stars-2024.jpg","FileSize":4615,"Dimensions":[60.0,60.0],"ProjectionType":"Fulldome"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"potw2518a","Title":"Fly through the Sh2-46 nebula","Description":"This video takes us on a journey through the Sh2-46 nebula, located 6000 light years away, and where not everything is what it seems. The red hues come from hydrogen atoms ionised by the bright blue star at the centre of the nebula, but this star may have actually been born elsewhere. The image was taken with the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), hosted at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.
\r\nOur Extremely Large Telescope needs extremely large doors! We’re currently installing the giant sliding doors that will protect the ELT from the elements during the day, and open up at night to observe the Universe. The ELT dome has now reached its highest point — a whopping 80 m! We celebrated this symbolic milestone in a ceremony, known as \"tijerales\" in Chile, raising the ESO and Chilean flags atop the dome.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis Editing: Angelos TsaousisWritten by: Bárbara FerreiraMusic: Jon Kennedy – The Loafer. Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Angelos Tsaousis, Jose Porte, Max NadjarWeb and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and Edison Arango.","PublicationDate":"2025-05-02T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology : Observatory"],"Name":["Extremely Large Telescope"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eltu_dome-sliding-doors/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":55,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eltu_dome-sliding-doors.mp4","FileSize":250826407,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"ab6b0d1c30d07d2ab46c803b8c6a5fd9641fd8438507dd03ca639390874ca787"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eltu_dome-sliding-doors.m4v","FileSize":49083266,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eltu_dome-sliding-doors.jpg","FileSize":14843,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eltu_dome-sliding-doors.jpg","FileSize":5123,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2508d","Title":"Animation of an exoplanet around two brown dwarfs","Description":"This animation shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs –– objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars. The motion seen here is due to the camera and doesn’t reflect the actual orbital motion of the planet around the stars.
","Credit":"ESO/M. Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-04-16T18:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System"],"Name":["2M1510 (AB) b"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2508d/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":61,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2508d.mp4","FileSize":83170517,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2508d.m4v","FileSize":5284828,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2508d.jpg","FileSize":5024,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2508d.jpg","FileSize":3787,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2508c","Title":"Animation of 2M1510 (AB) b’s polar orbit around two brown dwarfs","Description":"This is an animation of the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s unusual orbit around its host stars, a pair of brown dwarfs. The newly discovered planet has a polar orbit, which is perpendicular to the plane in which the two stars are travelling.
\r\nThe two brown dwarfs appear as a single source in the sky, but astronomers know there are two of them because they periodically eclipse each other. Using the UVES spectrograph at ESO’s Very Large Telescope they measured their orbital speed, and noticed that their orbits change over time. The orbits rotate or “precess”, creating a rosette pattern as shown in this video (the precession is exaggerated in the animation for easier viewing). After carefully ruling out other explanations, they concluded that the gravitational tug of a planet in a polar orbit was the only way to explain the motion of the brown dwarfs.
","Credit":"ESO/L. Calçada","PublicationDate":"2025-04-16T18:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System"],"Name":["2M1510 (AB) b"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2508c/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":30,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2508c.mp4","FileSize":113398955,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"778082367b9de87eccb914513623e714a01a12bfc174aee18c68788690914783"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/medium_podcast/eso2508c.mp4","FileSize":7993975,"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2508c.jpg","FileSize":7068,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2508c.jpg","FileSize":4041,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2508b","Title":"Travel to 2M1510 (AB) b, a planet in a perpendicular orbit around two brown dwarfs","Description":"Take a journey with us to a peculiar planet as we rocket off to 2M1510 (AB) b, the first exoplanet to be found in a perpendicular orbit around two stars.
\r\nThis zoom was created with images from different telescopes stitched together, covering progressively smaller areas in the sky. The stellar pair –– two brown dwarfs –– appears as a single source at the end of the video, but astronomers know there are two of them because they periodically eclipse each other. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers monitored their orbits and found that they rotate in a rosette-like pattern that can only be explained by the presence of a planet in a perpendicular orbit, as shown in the animation at the end of this video.
\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2508/.
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\r\nFor more details, check: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2508/.
\r\nMembers of the media can request a version of this video without the overset text by emailing press@eso.org.
","Credit":"ESO\r\nDirected by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner.Editing: Angelos Tsaousis.Web and technical support: Raquel Yumi Shida and Edison Arango.Written by: Amy Briggs and Sean Bromilow.Music: Stellardrone - Twilight.Footage and photos: ESO / Luis Calçada, Cristoph Malin (christophmalin.com), Martin Kornmesser, Daniele Gasparri, VPHAS+ team.Scientific consultant: Paola Amico, Mariya Lyubenova.","PublicationDate":"2025-04-16T18:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System"],"Name":["2M1510 (AB) b"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2508a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":100,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2508a.mp4","FileSize":324110285,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"d9861e0ae7c3c7fef1ef6ab658ff0778e10e2d9a2ff07ba5b54369bbb22c9cd1"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2508a.m4v","FileSize":65791221,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2508a.jpg","FileSize":10921,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2508a.jpg","FileSize":4683,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"ann25002a","Title":"Timelapse of the sun rising behind the ELT","Description":"This spectacular timelapse shows the sun rising behind ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope. It was taken by ESO engineer Eduardo Garcés on 12 April 2025 from Cerro Paranal, home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope and located some 23 km away from Cerro Armazones, where the ELT is located. A similar timelapse was taken in 2023 by ESO astronomer Boris Häußler; comparing the two videos shows how much the construction of the ELT has progressed in less than two years.
","Credit":"E. Garcés/ESO","PublicationDate":"2025-04-16T16:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Light Phenomenon : Sunrise-Sunset","Unspecified : Technology : Observatory"],"Name":["Extremely Large Telescope","Sun"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/ann25002a/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":62,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/ann25002a.mp4","FileSize":115282897,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"5642afaec4b50bac95d7209c89270692357e3dc58b15cb336ee420df4e499257"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/ann25002a.m4v","FileSize":7709976,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/ann25002a.jpg","FileSize":8829,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/ann25002a.jpg","FileSize":4891,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"wotu-supernovae","Title":"Gazing at supernova explosions","Description":"When massive stars die, they go out with a bang! These cosmic explosions are called supernovae, and this video shows you some of the beautiful scenery they leave in their wake. They're so powerful that elements like carbon and nitrogen are forged within them, and they're so bright that astronomers can even see supernovae exploding in other galaxies.
","Credit":"ESOImages: ESO / VPHAS+ team. Ackn. Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit / NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), F. Vogt et al., Ackn. M. Zamani / R. Fosbury (ST-ECF)Music: Mylonite – Champ Magnétique (Intro), Mylonite – A Complex SystemScript: J. C. MuñozEditing: M. Wallner","PublicationDate":"2025-04-04T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova","Unspecified : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/wotu-supernovae/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":78,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/wotu-supernovae.mp4","FileSize":223806801,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"673b24b23dec2665103034ff6abfd334bc8612d6d7a1b4a0a8bbb9fcf3dfc203"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/wotu-supernovae.m4v","FileSize":46360967,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/wotu-supernovae.jpg","FileSize":15714,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/wotu-supernovae.jpg","FileSize":5816,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"potw2512a","Title":"A full Moon rises behind the ELT","Description":"This stunning video shows the full Moon rising behind ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), currently under construction in the Chilean Atacama desert. Once finished later this decade, it will be the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world.
\r\nThe video was captured on 13 March by our colleague Juan Beltrán, who works at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, not far from the ELT. The dome is already partially covered with insulating cladding. Inside it, the telescope’s main structure is taking shape.
\r\nThe primary mirror of ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will consist of 798 segments working together as a single, gigantic 39-metre mirror. This video shows you the sophisticated sensors and actuators that will keep these segments aligned with nanometric accuracy.
","Credit":"ESO Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis Editing: Angelos TsaousisWritten by: Bárbara FerreiraMusic: Jon Kennedy – Do As You Did. Footage and photos: ESO, L. Calçada, A. Tsaousis, CIMOLAI/S. Petković.Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi ShidaAcknowledgments: FAMES (MicroEpsilon, Fogale) consortium, PI Physik Instruments","PublicationDate":"2025-03-21T09:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Detector"],"Name":["Extremely Large Telescope"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eltu_M1-Edge-Sensors-Actuators/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":50,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eltu_M1-Edge-Sensors-Actuators.mp4","FileSize":217414887,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"6b36f5e7cfe1c4d9073a518971df3f711221cf965cc21487f2f468d9e718c8d0"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eltu_M1-Edge-Sensors-Actuators.m4v","FileSize":44265479,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eltu_M1-Edge-Sensors-Actuators.jpg","FileSize":15915,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eltu_M1-Edge-Sensors-Actuators.jpg","FileSize":5508,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2507b","Title":"When oxygen was first born","Description":"This artist’s animation shows JADES-GS-z14-0, the most-distant galaxy confirmed to date. We see this galaxy as it was when the Universe was less than 300 million years old, about 2% of its present age. Such galaxies were thought to be too young to be ripe with heavy elements, but the discovery of oxygen by two teams of astronomers suggest this is not the case. Instead, as this recreation shows, JADES-GS-z14-0 must have had multiple generations of stars being born and dying as supernovae, producing and leaving behind heavy elements like oxygen. This element has now been detected thanks to the extreme sensitivity of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), operated by ESO and its international partners.
","Credit":"ESO/M. Kornmesser","PublicationDate":"2025-03-20T13:00:00Z","Subject":{"Category":["Early Universe : Galaxy"],"Name":["JADES-GS-z14-0"]},"ReferenceURL":"https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2507b/","Rights":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","Priority":50,"Assets":[{"MediaType":"Video","Resources":[{"ResourceType":"Original","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/ultra_hd/eso2507b.mp4","FileSize":211116508,"Dimensions":[3840.0,2160.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan","Checksum":"f5163c28bf0bee58a6e781309e7b2467279e13e7695dfc5b251b048b81a4ab96"},{"ResourceType":"Preview","MediaType":"Video","URL":"https://cdn.eso.org/videos/hd_and_apple/eso2507b.m4v","FileSize":24711895,"Dimensions":[1280.0,720.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Thumbnail","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/potwmedium/eso2507b.jpg","FileSize":5688,"Dimensions":[220.0,140.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"},{"ResourceType":"Icon","MediaType":"Image","URL":"https://www.eso.org/public/archives/videos/newsmini/eso2507b.jpg","FileSize":3967,"Dimensions":[60.0,34.0],"ProjectionType":"Tan"}]}]},{"Creator":"European Southern Observatory","URL":"https://www.eso.org","Contact":{"Address":"Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2","City":"Garching bei München","Country":"Germany","PostalCode":"D-85748"},"ID":"eso2507c","Title":"Zooming in on JADES-GS-z14-0","Description":"This video zooms into the galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, the most distant galaxy confirmed to date. Thanks to Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a telescope operated by ESO and its international partners, astronomers have now uncovered the presence of a surprising element after examining its light spectrum: oxygen. The presence of heavy elements like oxygen suggests that the formation of these early galaxies happened much faster than we thought, which must have had multiple generations of stars being born and dying.
\r\nThe various images shown here, blended together to create this zoom, come from different telescopes at different times, ending with close-up of the galaxy as seen by ALMA, together with the spectrum recovered by two independent research teams.
\r\nFor more details, check the related press release: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2507/.
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