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ESOcast 76: A Polarised View of Stellar Magnetism

ESO telescopes are being used to search for the subtle ...

ESO telescopes are being used to search for the subtle signs of magnetic fields in other stars and even to map out the star spots on their surfaces. This information is beginning to reveal how and why so many stars, including our own Sun, are magneti

ESOcast 75: ESO’s Top 10 Discoveries

ESOcast 74: Mapping the Southern Skies

ESOcast 74 looks at ESO’s pair of survey telescopes at ...

ESOcast 74 looks at ESO’s pair of survey telescopes at Paranal: the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) and the VLT Survey Telescope (VST).

ESOcast 73: Your ESO Pictures

ESOcast 73 looks at the "Your ESO Pictures" Flickr group, ...

ESOcast 73 looks at the "Your ESO Pictures" Flickr group, where amateurs and professionals alike contribute their photos related to ESO.

ESOcast 72 – Looking Deeply into the Universe in 3D

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has given ...

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has given astronomers the best ever three-dimensional view of the deep Universe. After staring at the Hubble Deep Field South region for a total of 27 hours the new observations reveal the distances,

ESOcast 71: New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes on Paranal

This ESOcast takes a close look at an unusual new ...

This ESOcast takes a close look at an unusual new group of small telescopes that has recently achieved first light at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile.

ESOcast: 70: Green Light for E-ELT Construction

The European Extremely Large Telescope, or E-ELT for short, will ...

The European Extremely Large Telescope, or E-ELT for short, will be by far the largest optical and near-infrared telescope in the world. In early December 2014 the ESO Council gave the go-ahead for the first construction phase of the telescope.

ESOcast 69: Revolutionary ALMA Image Reveals Planetary Genesis

ESOcast 69 presents the result of the latest ALMA observations, ...

ESOcast 69 presents the result of the latest ALMA observations, which reveal extraordinarily fine detail that has never been seen before in the planet-forming disc around the young star HL Tauri.

ESOcast 68: ESO Opens its Doors

On 11 October 2014 the ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany, ...

On 11 October 2014 the ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany, once more opened their doors to the public. Some 3 300 people used this special opportunity of the Open House Day to visit the centre of the world's foremost astronomical organisation.

ESOcast 67: ESO People at Work and Play

This new ESOcast features six specialists in different areas who ...

This new ESOcast features six specialists in different areas who work at ESO in Germany and in Chile. Get to know the work they do at ESO, but also learn about interesting hobbies they pursue in their free time and how these hobbies may be connected