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| Vue de l’orbite des deux exoplanètes autour de TYC 8998-760-1 | The interior of ExTrA | La Silla after sunset time-lapse | Simulation d'un trou noir supermassif (VR) |
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| The Hot and Energetic Universe Virtual Reality | Zoom sur RCW 38 | Première lumière pour MATISSE | Zoom sur la région de formation d’étoiles Lupus 3 |
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| Comparatif entre les clichés acquis par ALMA et le VLT de l’événement explosif s’étant produit au sein d’Orion | Vue d’artiste de la formation de poussière à partir de supernovae au sein de A2744_YD4 | Zoom sur la galaxie inclinée NGC 1055 | Press Conference at ESO HQ |
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| Zoom sur l'amas galactique Fornax | STS-135 fulldome towback | STS-135 fulldome rollover | STS-135 fulldome rollout |
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| Visualisation 3D des Piliers de la Création | Vue panoramique de l'amas d'étoiles coloré NGC 3532 | Simulation d'un nuage de gaz désintégré par le trou noir du centre de la Galaxie | Fox on Cerro Paranal |
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| Distant star-forming galaxies in the early Universe (zoom) | Fox on Cerro Paranal | Zoom in onto the stellar black hole NGC 300 X-1 | 3D Animation of the Helix Nebula |
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| Astéroïde géocroiseur 2024 YR4 observé avec le VLT | L'astéroïde géocroiseur 2024 YR4 observé avec le VLT | Figuration de 42 astéroïdes dans notre Système Solaire et de leurs orbites | Zoom sur la galaxie naine de Kinman |
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| Cactus at ALMA | VLT VISIR | The X-Ray Universe Virtual Reality | Zoom sur la Nébuleuse de la Tarentule |
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| Zoom sur la Nébuleuse Saturne | The New Technology Telescope turns in La Silla | A night of stargazing at the New Technology Telescope | Thermal radiation |
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| An unusual view of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope | Artist’s impression of the exoplanet 51 Pegasi b | Vue rapprochée de la nébuleuse sombre LDN 483 | TV spot for the 3D production Hidden Universe |
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| Zooming in on the star formation region NGC 3324 | Zooming on ALMA’s view of the Antennae Galaxies | Animation of the planetary system around Sun-like star HD 10180 (artist’s impression) | Zooming in on the Sun-like star HD 10180 |
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| "Physics on Stage" trailer | Animation présenant l'orbite polaire de 2M1510 (AB) b autour de deux naines brunes | Voyage vers 2M1510 (AB) b, une planète en orbite perpendiculaire autour de deux naines brunes. | International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024 (Spanish subtitles) |
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| Didactic sequence - Solar eclipse landscape | Didactic sequence - Phases of the Moon (German version) | Didactic sequence - Phases of the Moon | Didactic sequence - Planetary loop |
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| Didactic sequence - Planetary loop (German version) | Didactic sequence - Seasons | Didactic sequence - Seasons (German version) | Didactic sequence - Solar eclipse |
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| Didactic sequence - Solar eclipse (German version) | Didactic sequence - Lunar-eclipse (German version) | Didactic sequence - Lunar-eclipse | Teamwork makes the dream work at the VLT |
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| The VLT at Dusk | Moonrise at Paranal | Vue animée de la comète 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko | Les régions centrales de la Voie Lactée dans les domaines visible et infrarouge |
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| Vue panoramique du Grand Nuage de Magellan | Paranal nightfall | Fulldome supernovae | Black Hole Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation |
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| The Planets — Expedition into the Solar System | ATTRACT | Mars: The Red Planet Virtual Reality | Orbiting a black hole near the event horizon (fulldome) |
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| Orbiting a black hole near the event horizon 3 (fulldome) | Orbiting a black hole near the event horizon 2 (fulldome) | Vue panoramique de RCW 38 | L’ombre de la Lune |
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| Vue panoramique de la périphérie de la Nébuleuse de la Tarentule dans le Grand Nuage de Magellan | Zoom sur la zone de formation d’étoiles Sharpless 29 | Survol de l’image de Sharpless 29 acquise par le VST | De la Terre à l’étoile WASP-19 dans la constellation des Voiles |
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| Vue d’artiste de la lumière traversant l’atmosphère de la planète extrasolaire WASP-19b | 3D animation of Antares | Visualisation of a galaxy undergoing ram pressure stripping | Artificial stars over Paranal |
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| Vidéo d’artiste de la planète en orbite autour de Proxima Centauri | "From Earth to the Universe" — Earth | "From Earth to the Universe" — Europa and Io | "From Earth to the Universe" — Neptune |
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| "From Earth to the Universe" — Saturn | "From Earth to the Universe" — Pluto | "From Earth to the Universe" — Kuiper belt objects (KBO) | "From Earth to the Universe" — Hubble Deep Field |
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| "From Earth to the Universe" — ISS Cupola | "From Earth to the Universe" — Earth from the JEM Window | "From Earth to the Universe" — Sunspots | "From Earth to the Universe" — The Sun |
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| "From Earth to the Universe" — Space Shuttle Discovery in Space | "From Earth to the Universe" — NGC 7006 Cluster | "From Earth to the Universe" — Pleiades Cluster | Sunset on VLT platform |
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