Spotting abundant phosphine on Venus
Could the discovery of an element that is key for life on Earth be a first glimpse at our next-door neighbours or a new geological process?
18 September 2020
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, ESO has taken a number of measures to ensure the safety of staff and visitors, including gradually suspending science observations and cancelling public visits and activities. For more information, please check the ‘COVID-19 coronavirus measures at ESO’ announcement.
En respuesta al brote de COVID-19, ESO ha tomado una serie de medidas para garantizar la seguridad del personal y sus visitantes, incluida la suspensión gradual de las observaciones científicas y la cancelación de visitas y actividades públicas. Para obtener más información, por favor consulte el anuncio “Medidas adoptadas por ESO ante el coronavirus COVID-19”.
18 Sept. 2020 — ann20025
Science operations restarted at Paranal following pause due to the pandemic
22 Oct. 2019 — ann19053
ESOcast 209: Outreach and Science During the Total Solar Eclipse at La Silla
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About the ESO Science Outreach Network
The ESO education and Public Outreach Department has established a network of persons in the ESO Member states and other countries who serve as local contacts for the media in connection with ESO developments, Press Releases, etc. At the same time, they may help to provide useful contacts between the media and the scientists in their area. The ESON members, or their representatives, are typically full-time science communicators who know the national players (media, academia etc.) and regularly interact with them, are able to find a national angle, have a strong interest in promoting ESO and provide regular inputs and ideas for how to best reach the target groups in their area. More precisely, their mission is: "To act as ESO's media and outreach representative in the member states and potential member states with the general aim of promoting ESO's mission and demonstrating the many inspirational aspects of astronomy".
Contact in the U.K.
Jake Gilmore
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Oxford
Oxfordshire OX11 0QX
UK
E-mail: eson-uk@eso.org
Terry O'Connor
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Oxford
Oxfordshire OX11 0QX
UK
E-mail: eson-uk@eso.org
Becky Parker
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Oxford
Oxfordshire OX11 0QX
UK
E-mail: eson-uk@eso.org
