A summer of astronomy

Meet our 2020 Summer Research Programme students

How old are the stars?

Listening to the tick tock of a chemical clock

The behemoth behind the brightness

Finding one of the biggest black holes in the Universe powering the brightest quasar ever detected

How the VLT came to pass

The climax of half a century of infrared astronomy

Twinkle, twinkle little star, but not on our watch

Who’s who on the ELT: part I

The faces behind the world’s biggest eye on the sky

Hunting hot exoplanets

HARPS helps unlock the geology of rocky planets

ESO in 100 stories

A look back at some of our favourite blog posts

A spotlight on Claudia Cid

A telescope operator on fixing banana stars, searching for lasers and enjoying Paranal sunrises

From the ground to the sky

ESO’s high-energy astrophysics expert on being involved in X-ray space missions

A taste of ESPRESSO

At the bleeding edge of exoplanet pursuit

Future science

What will the Extremely Large Telescope reveal about the Universe?

Celebrating women at ESO — part II

Talking motivation, role models, and those ‘Eureka!’ moments

Celebrating women at ESO — part I

Talking hopes, challenges, and the future of astronomy

Five minutes with Andreas Kaufer

ESO’s Director of Operations talks maps, mops and modern technology

Astronomer on tour

The story of a trip to Chile to observe with the APEX telescope

Illustrating the cosmos

ESO’s visual artists on how they recreate the Universe

Remembering Lodewijk Woltjer

ESO staff pay tribute to former Director General

50 years of CCDs

The story of a detector that changed the course of astronomy

Witnessing the birth of planets

Astronomer Jos de Boer on how he searches for baby planets around young stars