ESOcast 225 Light: ESO Telescope Captures Disappearance of Massive Star
Channel: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Date: 2020-06-30

Astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy with ESO’s Very Large Telescope. This video offers a summary of the research.

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Directed by: Herbert Zodet.  
Editing: Herbert Zodet.  
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.  
Written by: Caitlyn Buongiorno, Stephanie Rowlands and Bárbara Ferreira.  
Music: tonelabs (www.tonelabs.com) – Orion Fog.  
Footage and photos: ESO, L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), NASA, ESA/Hubble, J. Andrews (U. Arizona), ACe Consortium and J. Colosimo.  
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.