ESO Press Releases
ESO Press Releases, Press Photos and Press Video Clips are issued at irregular intervals,
whenever there are important developments at ESO.
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Many ESO Press Releases are translated (entirely or in part) into other languages. Here are some websites that regularly report news from ESO in other languages:
- Czech - Observatory Valasske Mezirici (Czech Republic)
- Dansk - Tycho Brahe Planetarium (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Deutsch - Astronomie.de - der Treffpunkt für Astronomie (Homburg, Germany)
- Français - Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique (Liège, Belgium)
- Italiano - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
- Português - Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
ESO has also a wide Press Coverage worldwide.
Permissions and Credits
All ESO photographs are Copyright (c) ESO. ESO press photos are clearly marked as ESO pictures. Regarding permission to reproduce ESO images, editors of newspapers and bona-fide science magazines and journals (including popular science magazines) may use these pictures without any reproduction charge, but reference must be always be given to ESO, e.g. by the line "Credit ESO" of "Photo ESO". Reproduction for all other purposes, in printed form or use in electronic media, are subject to individual permission by ESO, to be obtained from the ESO education and Public Outreach Department.
Comprehensive information about the usage of press photos, motion pictures and broadcast material can be found in the Copyright Notice page.
If you are a scientist using ESO telescopes and would like to share your discovery with the general public, you may wish to read the Procedures and Principles of ESO's Press Releases.