Training the next generation of astronomers

Meet our 2021 Summer Research Students

Stunning images and fantastic discoveries

Ten years of the VLT Survey Telescope

Who’s who on the ELT - Part III

The faces behind the world’s biggest eye on the sky

Five minutes with Adrian Russell

ESO’s Director of Programmes talks building telescopes, developing technology and herding cats!

Five minutes with Rob Ivison

ESO’s Director for Science talks offending Greeks with sausages, opening his own coffee shop and the future of astronomy

Who’s who on the ELT: part II

The faces behind the world’s biggest eye on the sky

The behemoth behind the brightness

Finding one of the biggest black holes in the Universe powering the brightest quasar ever detected

How the VLT came to pass

The climax of half a century of infrared astronomy

Twinkle, twinkle little star, but not on our watch

Who’s who on the ELT: part I

The faces behind the world’s biggest eye on the sky

A spotlight on Claudia Cid

A telescope operator on fixing banana stars, searching for lasers and enjoying Paranal sunrises

From the ground to the sky

ESO’s high-energy astrophysics expert on being involved in X-ray space missions

A taste of ESPRESSO

At the bleeding edge of exoplanet pursuit

Future science

What will the Extremely Large Telescope reveal about the Universe?

Five minutes with Andreas Kaufer

ESO’s Director of Operations talks maps, mops and modern technology

Astronomer on tour

The story of a trip to Chile to observe with the APEX telescope

Illustrating the cosmos

ESO’s visual artists on how they recreate the Universe

Witnessing the birth of planets

Astronomer Jos de Boer on how he searches for baby planets around young stars

Cosmic lighthouses

ESO Fellow Trystyn Berg on why he uses some of the most energetic known objects to probe the foggy parts of the Universe

A string of domes in the desert

Site Manager gives peek into running La Silla Observatory