Featured Podcast Episodes
ESOcast
16 May 2018, 17:00 UTC
Astronomers have used observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to determine that star formation in the very distant galaxy MACS1149-JD1 started at an unexpectedly early stage, only 250 million years after the Big Bang. This discovery also represents the most distant oxygen ever detected in the Universe and the most distant galaxy ever observed by ALMA or the VLT.
ESOcast 161 Light: Distant galaxy reveals very early star formation (4K UHD)
16 May 2018, 17:00 UTC
Astronomers have used observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to determine that star formation in the very distant galaxy MACS1149-JD1 started at an unexpectedly early stage, only 250 million years after the Big Bang. This discovery also represents the most distant oxygen ever detected in the Universe and the most distant galaxy ever observed by ALMA or the VLT.
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
16 May 2018, 12:10 UTC
Astronomers have found that like some people galaxies grow bigger and puffier as they age. NASA has announced plans to send a helicopter to Mars in 2020. The small, autonomous rotorcraft drone will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover mission slated to launch in July 2020.
38: Galaxies get bigger and puffier as they age - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 21 Episode 38
16 May 2018, 12:10 UTC
Astronomers have found that like some people galaxies grow bigger and puffier as they age. NASA has announced plans to send a helicopter to Mars in 2020. The small, autonomous rotorcraft drone will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover mission slated to launch in July 2020.
ESOcast
9 May 2018, 10:00 UTC
An international team of astronomers has used ESO telescopes to investigate a relic of the primordial Solar System. The team found that the unusual Kuiper Belt Object 2004 EW95 is a carbon-rich asteroid, the first of its kind to be confirmed in the cold outer reaches of the Solar System. This curious object likely formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has been flung billions of kilometres from its origin to its current home in the Kuiper Belt.
ESOcast 160 Light: Lost in Space (4K UHD)
9 May 2018, 10:00 UTC
An international team of astronomers has used ESO telescopes to investigate a relic of the primordial Solar System. The team found that the unusual Kuiper Belt Object 2004 EW95 is a carbon-rich asteroid, the first of its kind to be confirmed in the cold outer reaches of the Solar System. This curious object likely formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has been flung billions of kilometres from its origin to its current home in the Kuiper Belt.
NASACast: What's Up? Video Podcasts
1 May 2018, 22:19 UTC
What's Up? -- A monthly video that gives tips for where you can find the moon, planets and stars in the night sky. Also includes amateur astronomy news and updates on NASA missions
What's Up - May 2018
1 May 2018, 22:19 UTC
What's Up? -- A monthly video that gives tips for where you can find the moon, planets and stars in the night sky. Also includes amateur astronomy news and updates on NASA missions
StarDate Online
28 Apr 2018, 05:00 UTC
Two bright lights are passing close to each other in the western evening sky. One of them is impossible to miss, and it points the way to its fainter companion. The brighter light is Venus, the brilliant “evening star.” It’s the brightest object in the night sky other than the Moon, so you just can’t miss it.
Venus and Aldebaran
28 Apr 2018, 05:00 UTC
Two bright lights are passing close to each other in the western evening sky. One of them is impossible to miss, and it points the way to its fainter companion. The brighter light is Venus, the brilliant “evening star.” It’s the brightest object in the night sky other than the Moon, so you just can’t miss it.
ESOcast
27 Apr 2018, 10:00 UTC
On 26 April 2018, the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre was officially inaugurated, and its doors will be open to the public from tomorrow 28 April 2018. The centre, located at ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany provides visitors with an immersive experience of astronomy in general, along with ESO-specific scientific results, projects, and technological breakthroughs. All activities in the ESO Supernova will be free of charge during 2018, and shows and other events can be booked online.
ESOcast 158 Light: A New Supernova Over Munich (4K UHD)
27 Apr 2018, 10:00 UTC
On 26 April 2018, the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre was officially inaugurated, and its doors will be open to the public from tomorrow 28 April 2018. The centre, located at ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany provides visitors with an immersive experience of astronomy in general, along with ESO-specific scientific results, projects, and technological breakthroughs. All activities in the ESO Supernova will be free of charge during 2018, and shows and other events can be booked online.
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
27 Apr 2018, 07:56 UTC
Scientists have begun their most sensitive ever search for a possible Dark Matter candidate called the Axion. Gamma rays are the most energetic forms of electromagnetic radiation and are emitted by some of the most powerful events in the universe. Now, a team of astronomers have published 14 papers in a special issue of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics covering some fifteen years of gamma ray observations of the Milky Way.
33: The most sensitive ever Dark Matter search gets underway - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 21 Episode 33
27 Apr 2018, 07:56 UTC
Scientists have begun their most sensitive ever search for a possible Dark Matter candidate called the Axion. Gamma rays are the most energetic forms of electromagnetic radiation and are emitted by some of the most powerful events in the universe. Now, a team of astronomers have published 14 papers in a special issue of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics covering some fifteen years of gamma ray observations of the Milky Way.
SpaceTime with Stuart Gary
25 Apr 2018, 11:55 UTC
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or TESS has blasted into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. TESS will follow on from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope which helped scientists identify over two thousand six hundred exoplanetary candidates orbiting distant stars.
32: NASA launches its latest planet-hunting spacecraft - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 21 Episode 32
25 Apr 2018, 11:55 UTC
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite or TESS has blasted into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. TESS will follow on from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope which helped scientists identify over two thousand six hundred exoplanetary candidates orbiting distant stars.
