ESO observatories to reopen for public visits
ESO’s observatory sites in Chile are once again opening their doors to the public, after two years of pandemic-related closures. From 28 May, visitors will be able to take free tours of the sites in...
View ArticleA new planet hunter awakens: NIRPS instrument sees first light
The Near InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS) instrument, mounted on ESO’s 3.6-m telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, has successfully performed its first observations. Its mission is to search...
View ArticleESO’s Paranal Observatory starts receiving energy from the largest solar...
After nine months of work, ESO and the Saesa Group inaugurated the Paranal-Armazones photovoltaic plant, which will supply renewable energy to ESO's Paranal Observatory and, soon, to the construction...
View ArticleESO Annual Report 2021 Now Available
The ESO Annual Report 2021 is now available. It presents a summary of ESO’s many activities throughout the year. The contents include:The restart of operations at the La Silla Paranal Observatory,...
View ArticleESO joins the science and art festival Starmus VI
ESO’s Director General, Xavier Barcons, is one of the confirmed speakers at the Starmus VI festival, joining a star-studded line-up that includes no less than eight Nobel Prize laureates, five...
View ArticleESO statement on the removal of Tim de Zeeuw as a professor by the University...
Leiden University has recently announced that a professor at the university has been found by the university’s Complaints Committee to have subjected colleagues to intimidating and unacceptable...
View ArticleALMA Services Affected by Cyberattack
Update (18 Nov 2022)This event is under investigation by local authorities.The Computing team quickly isolated the Antennas and Correlator systems and the Science Archive data systems. However,...
View ArticleSharper infrared eyes for the VLT: ERIS sees first light
ESO’s newest scientific instrument, the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) has successfully completed its first test observations. One of them exposed the heart of the galaxy NGC 1097...
View ArticleTravel to ESO’s observatories in Chile on a special virtual tour
On 2 December, at 19.00 CET, join a special, live virtual guided tour of our sites. Get to see what goes on behind the scenes at our observatories in Chile, located in one of the most remote places on...
View ArticleALMA Successfully Restarted Observations
Forty-eight days after suspending observations due to a cyberattack, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is observing the sky again. The computing staff has worked diligently to...
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