All ESO Observatory’s Videos
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ESOcast 29: Running a Desert Town
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The Atacama Desert in northern Chile -- one of the driest and most hostile environments in the world. Under the blazing Sun, only a few species of animals and plants have evolved to survive. Yet,…
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ESOcast 28: ESO Hidden Treasures Competition
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The observations from ESO's powerful ground-based telescopes are veritable treasures, stored in a huge archive usually only visited by professional astronomers on a mission. And yet, an amateur astrophotographer…
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ESOcast 27: An ESO Astronomer at Work
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Life as an ESO astronomer is demanding, but working on one of the world's most powerful telescopes is also immensely rewarding. In this episode of the ESOcast, come with us as we follow ESO astronomer…
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Zooming in on the spiral galaxy NGC 3621
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This zoom sequence starts with a view of the southern parts of the Milky Way. As we zoom in we can see the spiral galaxy NGC 3621, lying about 22 million light-years from us. The final detailed view…
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ESOcast 26: Life and Leisure at Paranal
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The barren landscape surrounding the Paranal Observatory in Chile is stunning, but for the ESO staff who work there, on-site recreational activities are important for entertainment and general wellbeing.…
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ESOcast 25: Chasing Gamma Ray Bursts at Top Speed: The VLT’s Rapid Response Mode
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This video podcast explains the ESO Very Large Telescope’s Rapid Response Mode, which makes it possible to observe gamma-ray bursts only a few minutes after they are first spotted. As the optical…
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ESOcast 24: First planet of extragalactic origin
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An exoplanet orbiting a star that entered our galaxy, the Milky Way, from another galaxy has been detected by a European team of astronomers using the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla…
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ESOcast 23: A telescope's wire to the world
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In this episode of the ESOcast, we travel to the inhospitable but dramatic landscape of the Atacama Desert. Beneath the ground there, a new high-speed data cable is helping connect Paranal, the world’s…
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ESOcast 22: The most distant galaxy ever measured
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A European team of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has measured the distance to the most remote galaxy so far. By carefully analysing the very faint glow of the galaxy they have…
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ESOcast 21: The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS)
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Today's telescopes study the sky across the electromagnetic spectrum. Each part of the spectrum tells us different things about the Universe, giving us more pieces of the cosmic jigsaw puzzle. The…
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ESOcast 20: Richest planetary system discovered
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Astronomers using ESO instruments have discovered a remarkable extrasolar planetary system that has some striking similarities to our own Solar System. At least five planets are orbiting the Sun-like…
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The ALMA Compilation April 2010
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The ALMA Compilation April 2010. Download this video in different formats (including HD) from http://www.eso.org/public/videos/almacompapril2010/
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