ESO is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive astronomical observatory. It operates three sites in Chile — La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor — on behalf of its fourteen member states. It builds ALMA together with international partners, and designs the European Extremely Large Telescope.
ESO, the European Southern Observatory, builds and operates a suite of the world's most advanced ground-based astronomical telescopes.
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The Stars behind the Curtain
ESO is releasing a magnificent VLT image of the giant stellar nursery surrounding NGC 3603, in which stars are continuously being born. Embedded in this scenic nebula is one of the most luminous and most compact clusters of young, massive stars in our Milky Way, which therefore serves as an excellent “local” analogue of very active star-forming regions in other galaxies. The cluster also hosts the most massive star to be “weighed” so far.
Announcements
- "Noticias del Universo" travels to Northern Chile (21/1/2010)
- Voices from the Universe book launched at ESO Chile (20/1/2010)
- ESO Director General meets the President of Chile (14/1/2010)
- Eyes on the Skies wins Special Jury Award at the 2009 MEDEA Awards (8/12/2009)
- Cosmic Evolution: New Exhibition at the Deutsches Museum Features ESO (8/12/2009)
Latest ESOcasts
- ESOcast 13 — A sharper view of the Universe with the VLT Interferometer
- ESOcast 12 — VISTA: A Pioneering New Survey Telescope Starts Work
- ESOcast 11 — 32 New Exoplanets Found
Picture of the Week
Bird’s Eye View of the Very Large Telescope
