All ESOcasts
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| ESOcast 182 Light: ALMA and MUSE Detect Galactic Fountain (4K UHD) | ESOcast 181 Light: Most Detailed Observations of Material Orbiting close to a Black Hole (4K UHD) | ESOcast 180 Light: The Pirate of the Southern Skies (4K UHD) | ESOcast 179 Light: Largest Galaxy Proto-Supercluster Found (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 178 Light: A Universe Aglow (4K UHD) | ESOcast 177 Light: A Galactic Gem (4K UHD) | ESOcast 176 Light: Building the Biggest Optical Telescope in the World (4K UHD) | ESOcast 175 Light: Stars and Dust in the Carina Nebula (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 174 Light: Elliptical Elegance (4K UHD) | ESOcast 173: First Successful Test of Einstein’s General Relativity Near Supermassive Black Hole | ESOcast 172 Light: Supersharp Images from New VLT Adaptive Optics (4K UHD) | ESOcast 171 Light: Colourful Celestial Landscape (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 170: All you need to know about total solar eclipse 2019 | ESOcast 169 Light: First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet (4K UHD) | ESOcast 168: NEOs — Near Earth Objects | ESOcast 167: VLT sees `Oumuamua getting a boost |
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| ESOcast 166 Light: New test of Einstein’s general relativity (4K UHD) | ESOcast 165: Fast Track Your Career with the ESO Fellowship Programmes | ESOcast 164 Light: ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets (4K UHD) | ESOcast 163 Light: Too Many Massive Stars in Starburst Galaxies (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 162 Light: A Crowded Neighbourhood (4K UHD) | ESOcast 161 Light: Distant galaxy reveals very early star formation (4K UHD) | ESOcast 160 Light: Lost in Space (4K UHD) | ESOcast 159: Stan Dart: Supernova |
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| ESOcast 158 Light: A New Supernova Over Munich (4K UHD) | ESOcast 157 Light: Ancient Galaxy Pileups (4K UHD) | ESOcast 156 Light: Weird and Wonderful Dusty Discs (4K UHD) | ESOcast 155 Light: Dead Star Circled by Light (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 154 Light: ALMA Reveals Inner Web of Stellar Nursery (4K UHD) | ESOcast 153 Light: First Light For MATISSE (4K UHD) | ESOcast 152 Light: ESO’s VLT Working as 16-metre Telescope for First Time (4K UHD) | ESOcast 151: Chile Chill 11 – ALMA from the Air |
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| ESOcast 150 Light: Planets around TRAPPIST-1 Probably Rich in Water | ESOcast 149: Fast Track Your Career with the ESO Studentship Programmes | ESOcast 148 Light: Clouded Star Birth (4K UHD) | ESOcast 147 Light: First Light for Planet Hunter ExTrA at La Silla (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 146 Light: Odd Behaviour of Star Reveals Black Hole in Giant Star Cluster (4K UHD) | ESOcast 144 Light: Giant Bubbles on Red Giant Star’s Surface (4K UHD) | ESOcast 143 Light: ELT Testing in a Wind Tunnel (4K UHD) | ESOcast 142 Light: Stellar Nursery Blooms into View (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 141 Light: ESPRESSO — the Next Generation Planet Hunter | ESOcast 140 Light: MUSE Dives into the Hubble Ultra Deep Field | ESOcast 139: ALMA and the Cold Interstellar Clouds | ESOcast 138 Light: VLT Discovers First Interstellar Asteroid is like Nothing Seen Before (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 137 Light: Temperate Planet Orbiting Quiet Red Dwarf (4K UHD) | ESOcast 136 Light: ALMA Discovers Cold Dust Around Nearest Star (4K UHD) | ESOcast 135: ALMA is a timemachine! | ESOcast 134 Light: Revealing Galactic Secrets (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 133: ESO Telescopes Observe First Light from Gravitational Wave Source | ESOcast 132: Why Astronomers Want to Use ALMA - We are Stardust! | ESOcast 131 Light: ALMA and Rosetta detect Freon-40 in Space (4K UHD) | ESOcast 130: Why Astronomers Want to Use ALMA - ALMA is State of the Art Technology |
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| ESOcast 129 Light: The Strange Structures of the Saturn Nebula (4K UHD) | ESOcast 128: Why Astronomers Want to Use ALMA - ALMA Observes the Invisible | ESOcast 127 Light: Ageing Star Blows Off Smoky Bubble (4K UHD) | ESOcast 125: Q&A with ESO's Incoming Director General Xavier Barcons — Taking up duty at ESO |
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| ESOcast 124: Q&A with ESO's Outgoing Director General Tim de Zeeuw — Thoughts and reflections on a decade at ESO | ESOcast 126 Light: Titanium oxide in exoplanetary atmosphere (4K UHD) | ESOcast 123 Light: Best Ever Image of a Star’s Surface and Atmosphere (4K UHD) | ESOcast 122 Light: Supermassive Black Holes Feed on Cosmic Jellyfish (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 121 Light: Star orbiting supermassive black hole suggests Einstein is right (4K UHD) | ESOcast 120: Chile Chill 10 – “VLT Main Mirror Recoating” | ESOcast 119: AOF First Light | ESOcast 118 Light: A Tale of Three Stellar Cities (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 117 Light: Eyes Wide Open for New Exoplanet Hunter (4K UHD) | ESOcast 116: Success or Failure: How to Get Observing Time | ESOcast 115 Light: Meet one of the most energetic objects in the Universe (4K UHD) | ESOcast 114 Light: VLT LEGO model (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 113 Light: Live search for Planets around Proxima Centauri continues (4K UHD) | ESOcast 112: Catching Starlight | ESOcast 111 Light: VST captures glowing celestial triplet | ESOcast 110 Light: Ingredient for life found around infant stars (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 109 Light: Full steam ahead with ELT primary mirror (4K UHD) | ESOcast 107 Light: Secondary Mirror of ELT Successfully Cast | ESOcast 106: ChileChill 9 — Lasers over Paranal | ESOcast 105 Light: Starstruck by the Small Magellanic Cloud (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 104: Data2Dome: From the Universe to You | ESOcast 103 Light: New ALMA accommodation unveiled (4K UHD) | ESOcast 102 Light: Dramatic Stellar Fireworks (4K UHD) | ESOcast 101 Light: Stars found in black hole blasts (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 100 Light: Dark Matter Less Influential in Early Universe (4K UHD) | ESOcast 99 Light: ALMA Sheds Light on the First Stars (4K UHD) | ESOcast 98 Light: A Galaxy On Edge (4K UHD) | ESOcast 96: Ultracool Dwarf and the Seven Planets |
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| ESOcast 97 Light: 7 Earth-sized Worlds Found in Nearby Star System (4K UHD) | ESOcast 95 Light: How Big is a Star? (4K UHD) | ESOcast 94 Light: Celestial Cat Meets Cosmic Lobster (4K UHD) | ESOcast 93 Light: Kick-off for Mirrors and Sensors for Biggest Eye on the Sky (4K UHD) |
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| ESOcast 92 Light: ALMA Starts Observing the Sun (4K UHD) | ESOcast 91 Light: VLT to search for planets around Alpha Centauri (4K UHD) | ESOcast 90 Light: Orion’s Cloudy Secrets (4K UHD) | ESOcast 89: Chile Chill 8 – “A Bird’s Eye View of ESO Observatories” |
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| ESOcast 88: Fulldome Specialists visit Chile | ESOcast 87: Planet found around closest Star | ESOcast 86: From Dr. to Professor -- about the important role of ESO’s community | ESOcast 85: Chile Chill 7 — "Visitors to the Desert" |
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| ESOcast 84: The New E-ELT Design Unveiled | ESOcast 83: Ultracool Dwarf with Planets | ESOcast 82: Zodiacal Light | ESOcast 81: Red Sprites |
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