Dear Fellow Communicators,

For us here at ESO spring is coming early with a bit of spring-cleaning of our most dusty strategies. It’s always hard to find time to be strategic alongside the operational flow, but I think it is important in the long run to keep sharpening our senses, and to follow the ever-changing communication landscape.

If you happen to be in Venice, Italy between now and 17 April 2017, we invite you to visit the Our Place in Space ESA/Hubble exhibition. This project is a travelling exhibition designed to get you thinking about where humanity fits into the grand scheme of our Universe.

Astronomers and artists present their own interpretations of where we are, where we belong, what our past might have been and what our future might look like, by using Hubble images, artworks and installations. The exhibition can in principle travel to other locations. If you are interested in hosting the exhibition please email us.

The Communicating Astronomy with the Public Conference 2018 facebook page is now up for this conference in Fukuoka, Japan, 24–28 March 2018.

For our planetarium friends, we have new fulldome clips online. Check them out!

Let’s reach new heights in astronomy together!

Lars Lindberg Christensen (lars@eso.org)
Head, ESO education and Public Outreach Department (ePOD)

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