Unfolding the heavens

How the James Webb Space Telescope and the ELT will spark a new era of astronomical discoveries

Meet Luis Chavarría

The first Chilean to become ESO’s representative in Chile

The VLT Interferometer: 20 years of scientific discoveries

VLTI, your (birth) story goes on!

Blow out your twenty candles, VLTI!

How the sharpest optical eyes on the sky opened for the first time

A day in the life of an ALMA astronomer

Ten years exploring the cold dark universe

Reminiscing about the first days of ALMA

Our Milky Way? Not well stirred!

Rescuing the stars

What are we doing to protect the night sky?

Training the next generation of astronomers

Meet our 2021 Summer Research Students

Alien worlds on Earth

Exploring the landscapes around ESO’s observatories

The many faces of galaxies

Learn to unlock the secrets of galaxy evolution

ESO’s virtual guided tours

Paranal and La Silla Observatories at your fingertips

It's a face... It's a horse head... It's a nebula!

Finding familiar patterns in cosmic objects

Capricious Cosmos

How do astronomers study the most unpredictable objects in the Universe?

Stunning images and fantastic discoveries

Ten years of the VLT Survey Telescope

Is there life on Earth?

How observing lunar eclipses helps us search for life in other planets

Meet our PhD students

How studying at ESO can open your doors to the stars

Paranal Perspectives

How ESO’s flagship observatory has changed over time, through the eyes of engineer and photographer Gerhard Hüdepohl

A 40-year-long mystery: heavy elements unveil the origin of the giant Leo Ring