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
The Double Firing Burst
Astronomers from around the world combined data from ground- and space-based telescopes to paint a detailed portrait of the brightest explosion ever seen. The observations reveal that the jets of the gamma-ray burst called GRB 080319B were aimed almost directly at the Earth.
Announcements
- ESO Call for Proposals for Period 83 released. Deadline is 1 October 2008 (29/8/2008)
- APEX and ALMA: New High Definition Video Material is available for Broadcasters (28/7/2008)
- The ESO Annual Report 2007 (124 pages) is available (17/6/2008)
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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