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| Zooming in on VISTA’s view of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster | Visible and infrared views of giant, cannibal galaxy Centaurus A | Video News Release (B-roll): Reinhard Genzel talks about his research (eso0846c) | Artistic animation of the warped and torn apart disc of GW Orionis |
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| Zooming in on the planetary nebula NGC 2899 | Time-lapse of total solar eclipse from REM | FORS1 mounted at ANTU 3D | Zooming in on the Earth (fulldome) |
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| Visible/infrared comparison of views of the Orion A molecular cloud | Slider comparison of visible and infrared views of the Orion A molecular cloud | Artist's impression of the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri | Dusk till dawn over Paranal |
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| Flying through the star cluster Messier 67 | Zooming in on NGC 253 | Zooming in on the star cluster NGC 2100 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | Zooming in on the globular cluster Omega Centauri |
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| Zooming in on the star-forming region Messier 17 | Zooming in on the remote cluster CL J1449+0856 | Zooming in on the young cluster RMC 136a | Cerro Armazones in Chile |
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| Four ALMA antennas at the OSF | ALMA at Chajnantor | The observatories at Chajnantor | Two moving antennas |
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| ALMA telescope reaches new heights | Zooming in on VISTA’s view of the centre of the Milky Way | Infrared-visual crossfade, centre of the Milky Way (Annotated) | Infrared-visual crossfade, centre of the Milky Way |
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| Panning across VISTA’s view of the Centre of the Milky Way | Inside Centaurus A | Video News Release 24: Birth of a Colossus on Wheels (eso0732) | Evolution of the risk corridor for asteroid 2024 YR4 |
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| Artist's animation of star pair D9 orbiting the supermassive black hole Sgr A* | Star pair D9 orbiting the supermassive black hole Sgr A* (artist's animation) | Multiple views of the galaxy NGC 4303 as seen with the VLT and ALMA (with annotations) | Zooming-in on the remote quasar P172+18 |
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| Zooming in on AT2019qiz | Breathtaking ALMA | Behind the scenes at ESO: Showing you the road to the stars — Interviews | Mars in 4k |
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| Fulldome video of Mars | Zooming in on the cometary globule CG4 | Time-lapse Video Showing the Assembly of a Full-Size Mock-up of the E-ELT Mirror | Panning across the Meathook Galaxy |
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| Zooming in on a stellar nursery in Corona Australis | Zooming into the star T Cha | An ALMA antenna | An ALMA antenna |
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| Video News Release 23: Astronomers find First Earth-like Planet in Habitable Zone (eso0722) | Installing the giant doors of the Extremely Large Telescope | Zooming in on JADES-GS-z14-0 | Jetstream winds on the giant gas planet WASP-127b |
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| Laser focus: ELT’s adaptive optics | A day in the life of the ELT | Inside the ELT: the primary mirror | The ELT’s dome growing on Cerro Armazones |
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| Animation showing the locations and distances to some of our galaxy’s black holes | Rising Star — A South African Astronomy Journey | Unveiling the invisible Universe (Fulldome) | Hera – ESA's planetary defence mission fulldome show |
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| Betelgeuse before and after dimming (animated) | The Milky Way above La Silla Observatory | Tour of the Universe fulldome show (with text) | Impact simulation explaining the origin of Hygiea’s round shape |
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| Zooming on the Large Magellanic Cloud | Artist’s Impression of Asteroid 1999 KW4 | Keeping an eye on the sky | Sunset Paranal |
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| On the mountaintop | Waking up at dusk | Dance of the dishes | Watching the sky |
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| The highest ESO observatory | ALMA under the Milky Way (time-lapse) | Starry skies above La Silla | Through the night |
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| Antennas to the Universe | The ever-changing R Aquarii | Drone Footage of SPECULOOS | Sunset at SPECULOOS |
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| Aerial view of SPECULOOS | Sunset at SPECULOOS | Night flight over SPECULOOS | SPECULOOS on display |
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| SPECULOOS flyby | Night flight over SPECULOOS | Planeten — Expedition ins Sonnensystem (trailer) | La Silla (fulldome) |
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| Paranal flight (fulldome) | Supernova discoveries (fulldome) | The ISS over Earth | Zoom out from the Sun to the Milky Way (fulldome) |
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| Zooming in on the globular star cluster NGC 6388 | ESOcast 170: Todo lo que necesitas saber sobre el eclipse solar total de 2019 | Virtual reality flight through the Orion Nebula | Artist’s impression of distant starburst galaxy |
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| Schematic representation of the four VLT Unit Telescopes feeding light to ESPRESSO | Comparison of the solar disc in ultraviolet and millimetre wavelength light | Paranal timelapse inside VST dome | ALMA time-lapse 3 |
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