Using telescopes from ESO and other organisations around the world, astronomers have spotted a rare blast of light from a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. This video summarises the findings.

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ESOcast 231 Light: Death by Spaghettification

ESOcast 230 Light: Possible Marker of Life Spotted on Venus

A team of astronomers used ALMA and ESO telescopes to study a peculiar system, GW Orionis, and to identify the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings. This video provides a summary of the findings, showcasing stunning observations and animations of GW Orionis.

ESOcast 229 Light: Planet-forming Disc Torn Apart by its Three Central Stars

Astronomers using ALMA, in which the ESO is a partner, have revealed an extremely distant galaxy that looks surprisingly like our Milky Way. This video summarises their findings.

ESOcast 228 Light: ALMA Sees Most Distant Milky Way Look-alike

Astronomers using ESO&#39;s Very Large Telescope have imaged a &#39;space butterfly&#39;, a planetary nebula known as NGC 2899. This video offers stunning views of this object and the science behind it.

ESOcast 227 Light: Stunning Space Butterfly Captured by ESO Telescope

The SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets.

ESOcast 226 Light: First Image of a Multi-Planet System Around a Sun-like Star

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Astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy with ESO’s Very Large Telescope. This video offers a summary of the research.

ESOcast 225 Light: ESO Telescope Captures Disappearance of Massive Star

In this ESOcast, we explore some of the many questions interstellar visitors 1I/&#39;Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov have raised including: what are they made of? How did they form? Are they like the comets or asteroids in our Solar System? And finally, what can they reveal about other planetary systems?

ESOcast 224: First Interstellar Visitors to the Solar System

Astronomers using ESO telescopes have discovered giant spots on the surface of extremely hot stars hidden in stellar clusters. This video offers a summary of the discovery.

ESOcast Light 223: Hot Stars are Plagued by Giant Magnetic Spots

This video lets you see some of the many things we do not understand in the Universe, and the strange and surreal paradoxes in what we think we understand…

ESOcast 222: Ten Fascinating Paradoxes about the Universe

Observations with ESO’s SPHERE instrument on the Very Large Telescope have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born.

ESOcast 221 Light: ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth

A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found to date and forms part of a triple system that can be seen with the naked eye.

ESOcast 220 Light: Closest Black Hole to Earth Found

ESO&#39;s Very Large Telescope has observed a star dancing around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. The observations have revealed, for the first time, that the star’s orbit is shaped like a rosette and not like an ellipse.

ESOcast 219 Light: Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole

As doctors and nurses are on the frontlines, saving the lives of those infected by COVID-19, others have a role to play to prevent the disease spreading further by staying at home. This goes for ESO staff as well, including astronomers and telescope operators.

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ESOcast is a video podcast series dedicated to bringing you the latest news and research from ESO, the European Southern Observatory. Here we explore the Universe's ultimate frontier.

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