Surprise planet found around extreme star pair (ESOcast 247 Light)

ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured an image of a planet orbiting b Centauri, a pair of stars that can be seen with the naked eye. Find out why this next-door planetary system is extreme in this short video.
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Directed by: Herbert Zodet and Martin Wallner.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Juliet Hannay and Giulio Mazzolo.
Music: Stellardrone - Milky Way.
Footage and photos: ESO, Janson et al., L. Calçada, Space Engine (spaceengine.org), Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com) and C. Malin (christophmalin.com).
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

[@anuradhapriyankara5226]

This is really cool since it's a direct image of planet itself. Most of the exoplanets are discovered by intensity variation and wobble of host stars.

[@Leo.Wirabuana]

Thrilling experience and Amazing as well.

[@prabhakarv4193]

Very nice and informative. Thanks

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

Mais uma excelente descoberta e resposta a uma interrogação ...Esta contratação faz-nos estar a par da evolução do conhecimento do surpreendente Universo! Que imponente estrelas e planeta..tudo em grande!!

[@CarloEpi]

Impressive!

[@ericdanielski4802]

Nice video.

[@letsplaywithgrammar5061]

Whoa ! 11 times the mass of Jupiter ! 😮

[@thatboiisme9138]

nice observations

[@Dejaelvicio0emiliomelendez5072]

I already want the hydrogen race to start.

[@Dtula1234]

Ahora ENTIENDO porque solo VIENEN y OBSERVAN...es hermoso

[@Nature24-mz9om]

GREAT

[@DGPPhysics]

Fascinating planetary system what is the spectral type of the secondary star?

[@user-xt9op7bu1j]

Wooooow!

[@MdKaif-iy5je]

From what college does eso hire their astronomers and engineers?

[@giorgio7710]

madoooooo

[@Bob99030]

😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@ladislavsieber]

I wanna see another civilization like us in the universe 🥺 I wanna know how they live and what they do😍 we can not be alone in the universe 🥺🥺

[@javierfrutis3938]

Why subtitles in a video? There is no narrator because no hearing audiences are more important?

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