Press Releases
ESO Press and Photo Releases:
March 2024: Groundbreaking survey reveals secrets of planet birth around dozens of stars
July 2020: First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star Captured by ESO Telescope
December 2018: Dancing with the Enemy
July 2018: First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet Caught with ESO’s VLT
November 2016: Sculpting Solar Systems
October 2015 : Mysterious Ripples Found Racing Through Planet-forming Disc
ESO Picture of the week:
February 2021: Flying on planet-forming wings
Amsterdam University:
February 2021: Flying on planet-forming wings
July 2020: First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star Captured by ESO Telescope
Leiden University:
May 2018: Dutch astronomers photograph possible toddler planet by chance
Media Releases
NOVA (Netherlands Research School for Astronomy) press releases:
April 2021: Giant planet at large distance from sun-like star puzzles astronomers
February 2021: Astronomers see star with dust disk that is being fed (dutch)
July 2020: First direct image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star (dutch)
May 2018: Leiden astronomers coincidentally image possible baby planet (dutch)
November 2017: Dutch astronomers see moving shadows on planet-forming disk (dutch)
November 2016: This is how solar systems are made (dutch)
October 2015: Mysterious ripples racing through planet forming disk (dutch)
Other media:
June 2018 (ESO Messenger, page 27): A Planet with a Disc? A Surprising Detection in Polarised Light with VLT/SPHERE
December 2016 (German national newspaper “Die Welt”): Am Anfang war die Wolke
Outreach
Public talks:
March 2017 (inaugural installment of Astronomy On Tap Leiden): Say Cheese! Photographing Exoplanets
March 2021 (Dutch national stargazing night): Europe’s largest telescopes: Discovering distant worlds in the making