ALMA's extreme makeover: the Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade - YouTube - astrophysics

The Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade is expected to be a gamechanger for astronomy.Operating partners for ALMA includes the National Radio Astronomy Observatory based at the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville,Virginia.It is operated by the US National Science Foundation.The third operating partner is the Japanese Astronomical Observatory.Additional partners include the USNSF;NINS Japan;NRC (Canada);NSTC and ASIAA (Taiwan);and KASI (Republic of Korea).ALMA is located in the Chajnantor Plateau of the Chilean Andes Mountains.

James Webb Space Telescope captures never-before-seen star behaviour - YouTube - Space.com - European Southern Observatory - astrophysics

The Serpens Nebula is 13,000 light years from Earth and has a very dense cluster of newly forming stars only 100,000 years old,some of which will grow to the mass of our Sun.The discovery lies in the Northern region of this young,star-forming region.Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope found a group of protostellar outflows that formed when jets of gas from newborn stars collide with nearby dust regions at high speeds,uniquely slanted in one direction.The red colour indicates the presence of molecular hydrogen and carbon monoxide.Using its Near-Infrared Camera,Webb can image these young stars and their outflows,previously obscured at optical wavelengths.

A journey to Proxima Centauri and its planet - YouTube - ESO - astrophysics

This video (silent) shows an artist's impression of a trip from Earth to Proxima b,the closest planet to our Solar System.As we leave our Solar System,we see the familiar constellation figures,including the Southern Cross (Crux) and the bright stars Alpha and Beta Centauri.We gradually close on a faint red star,Beta Centauri,the closest star to Earth and the faintest component of a triple star system.The final part shows the planet Proxima b,the closest exoplanet to our Solar System. ESO edited by Andrew Taylor Credit:ESO,/L. Calcada/Nick Risinger (sky survey.org) Located in Atacama,Chile,the ESO is supported by a consortium of EU member states.

Ancient galaxy's magnetic field detected, 'furthest ever!' - European Southern Observatory

Virtual guided tour ESO's Paranal Observatory. Saturday, July 29th, 15:00 CEST - astronomy

'Ashes of first stars' detected in far off gas - European Southern Observatory - astrophysics

A journey to Alpha Centauri - European Southern Observatory

Life Of Hubble - ESA/Hubble - European Southern Observatory