ESO is one of the world's leading research organisations. It is dedicated to astronomy and astrophysics, and operates the La Silla Paranal Observatory in the Atacama desert in Chile, on behalf of its thirteen member states.
ESO, the European Southern Observatory, builds and operates a suite of the world's most advanced ground-based astronomical telescopes.
Latest News Stories
How Do Galaxies Grow?
Astronomers have caught multiple massive galaxies in the act of merging about 4 billion years ago. This discovery, made possible by combining the power of the best ground- and space-based telescopes, uniquely supports the favoured theory of how galaxies form.
Announcements
- APEX and ALMA: New High Definition Video Material is available for Broadcasters (28/7/2008)
- VLT: New High Definition Video Material is available for Broadcasters (8/7/2008)
- ESO Messenger No. 132 available for download (26/6/2008)
- The ESO Annual Report 2007 (124 pages) is available (17/6/2008)
- Top Secret: the 'VLT files' (6/6/2008)
Latest Blog Posts
- Science Education (22/07/2008)
- Let’s Jazz! (21/07/2008)
- Science in the Media (21/07/2008)
- A Monster and the Rubik’s cube (20/07/2008)
- The Universe and Reality (19/07/2008)
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