Outreach Activities

Outreach activities are carried out by the ESO Public Affairs Department (PAD). They include press releases and broadcast material for the media, the organisation of events, exhibitions and visits as well as various products which are available for the public.

There is also a dedicated Educational Office and an Outreach Network of contacts in the member countries.

ESO Press Releases, Photos and Video Clips are issued at irregular intervals, whenever there are important developments at ESO.

A large collection of nice photos can be found in the ESO Public Image Gallery. ESO also publishes Video News Reels and other Videos.

ESO still and motion pictures as well as ESO broadcast material are Copyright (c) ESO. Before downloading and using ESO images, videos or broadcast material make sure to read and accept to the copyright conditions.

Articles on ESO including organisational perspectives, science and technology developments, astronomical investigations and outreach activities appear in the quarterly ESO Messenger

Last but not least, The European Home Page of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides comprehensive information about this telescope and its scientific discoveries.

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LATEST NEWS STORIES

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  ESO 35/08 - Science Release:

  Winds from Infant Stars

  Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer to conduct the first high resolution survey that combines spectroscopy and interferometry on intermediate-mass infant stars. They obtained a very precise view of the processes acting in the discs that feed stars as they form. These mechanisms include material infalling onto the star as well as gas being ejected, probably as a wind from the disc.
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  ESO 34/08 - Press Photo:

  Born from the Wind

  Telescopes on the ground and in space have teamed up to compose a colourful image that offers a fresh look at the history of the star-studded region NGC 346. This new, ethereal portrait, in which different wavelengths of light swirl together like watercolours, reveals new information about how stars form.
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  ESO 33/08 - Press Photo:

  Sharpening Up Jupiter

  A record two-hour observation of Jupiter using a superior technique to remove atmospheric blur has produced the sharpest whole-planet picture ever taken from the ground. The series of 265 snapshots obtained with the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator prototype instrument mounted on ESO's Very Large Telescope reveal changes in Jupiter's smog-like haze, probably in response to a planet-wide upheaval more than a year ago.
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