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First ever binary star found near Sgr A* | ESO News

First zoomed-in picture of an extragalactic star | ESO News

Most distant rotating galaxy yet is a space oddity | ESO News

New planet discovered orbiting closest single star to our Sun | ESO News

Record-breaking stellar black hole found nearby | ESO News

Clash of stars solves stellar mystery | ESO News

Survey reveals secrets of planet birth around dozens of stars | ESOcast Light

New link found between water and planet formation | ESOcast Light

Metal scar found on cannibal star | ESOcast Light

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have found a metal ‘scar’ imprinted on the surface of a dead star. This video summarises the discovery.

Astronomers identify record-breaking quasar | ESOcast Light

Astronomers have characterised the most luminous quasar observed to date, which is powered by the fastest-growing black hole. This black hole is growing in mass by the equivalent of one Sun per day. The matter being pulled in toward this black hole forms a disc that measures seven light-years in diameter — about 15 000 times the distance from the Sun to the orbit of Neptune.

Supernovae give rise to black holes or neutron stars (ESOcast 269 Light)

Astronomers have found a direct link between the explosive deaths of massive stars and the formation of the most compact and enigmatic objects in the Universe — black holes and neutron stars. This video summarises the discovery.

The furthest ever galactic magnetic field (ESOcast 267 Light)

Using ALMA, astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy so far away that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us. Never before had we detected a galaxy’s magnetic field this far away. This video summarises the discovery.

ESO telescopes help solve pulsar puzzle (ESOcast 266 Light)

Mysterious Neptune Dark Spot Detected from Earth (ESOcast 265 Light)

New type of star gives clues to magnetars' origins (ESOcast 264 Light)

Using multiple telescopes around the world, including European Southern Observatory (ESO) facilities, researchers have uncovered a living star that is likely to become a magnetar, an ultra-magnetic dead star. This video summarises the discovery.

Does this planet have a “sibling” sharing the same orbit? (ESOcast 263 Light)

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have found the possible ‘sibling’ of a planet orbiting a distant star. This video summarises the discovery.

Hidden views of vast stellar nurseries (ESOcast 262 Light)

Using ESO's VISTA telescope, astronomers have created a vast infrared atlas of five nearby stellar nurseries by piecing together more than one million images.

Observing the ashes of the first stars (ESOcast 261 Light)

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have found the fingerprints left by the explosions of the first stars.

First image of a black hole expelling a powerful jet (ESOcast 260 Light)

With the help of ALMA, astronomers have obtained a new image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy.

Witnessing the Birth of a Distant Cluster of Galaxies (ESOcast Light 259)

Using ALMA, astronomers have detected a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around the Spiderweb galaxy –– the most distant detection of such hot gas yet. This further reveals just how early these structures begin to form.

The Missing Link for Water in the Solar System (ESOcast 258 Light)

Using ALMA, astronomers have detected the chemical signature of gaseous water in the planet-forming disc V883 Orionis. This acts as a timestamp for the water’s formation, allowing us to trace its journey.

Heaviest Element yet Detected in an Exoplanet Atmosphere (ESOcast 257 Light)

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, barium has been detected in the atmosphere of two exoplanets.

Hot Gas Bubble Swirling Around our Supermassive Black Hole (ESOcast 256 Light)

Using ALMA, astronomers have found a hot bubble of gas that swirls around Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre of our galaxy, at 30% of the speed of light.

'Black Hole Police' Spot Extragalactic Black Hole (ESOcast 255 Light)

The black hole police, a team of astronomers known for debunking black hole discoveries, reported finding a "needle in a haystack". After searching nearly 1000 stars outside our galaxy, they found that one of them has a stellar-mass black hole as a companion. This short video summarises the discovery.