How Did The Planet Earth Form? | European Southern Observatory FriendsofNASA.org: How did our Earth come to be? What conditions make it a hospitable world? Could similar habitable planets exist around other stars? In this episode of Chasing Starlight, European Southern Observatory (ESO) astronomer Suzanna Randall gives us the secret recipe to bake an Earth, and shows us how ESO telescopes are revealing what is cooking around other stars. 1:03 Ingredients and how to combine them 3:51 Bake until c

Happy Holidays from The European Southern Observatory! FriendsofNASA.org: As the Year 2024 comes to an end, we want to send you astronomically good wishes for the holidays and the best for the upcoming new year! Spectacular images of stars inside and outside our galaxy, new insights into black holes, new exoplanets . . . 2024 was full of amazing discoveries. In the past year, the European Southern Observatory’s largest project, the Extremely Large Telescope, surpassed 60% of its total completion

Top Astronomical Discoveries of The World’s Largest Telescope Array (ALMA) | ESO FriendsofNASA.org | Chasing Starlight 9: Celebrating ALMA's 10th Anniversary! Travel to the world’s largest telescope array. Made up of 66 antennas, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been observing the sky at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths for 10 years now. Join European Southern Observatory astronomer, Suzanna Randall, in the latest episode of Chasing Starlight, to find out about