Cookie Consent by Free Privacy Policy website Technology | Eso | Latest news | Lulop

Technology | Eso | Latest news | Lulop

august 06, 2020 - e.s.o.

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the La Silla Paranal Observatory has resulted in the loss of virtually all the observing time allocated in Period 105 (April-September 2020), and the timescale f...



august 05, 2020 - e.s.o.

ESO’s prestigious postdoctoral fellowship programme in both Garching (Germany) and Santiago (Chile) offers outstanding early-career scientists the opportunity to further develop their independent rese...



august 05, 2020 - e.s.o.

With the release of the telescope schedule, the preparation of Service Mode (SM) observations (Phase 2) starts. The deadline for the submission of the Phase 2 material for Period 106 observations is 3...



august 05, 2020 - e.s.o.

The 106th Observing Programmes Committee (OPC) met online on 29-30 June 2020. Based on the committee's recommendations to the #eso Director General, a total of 2688 (8-hour equivalent) nights of Visit...



july 30, 2020 - e.s.o.

Resembling a butterfly with its symmetrical structure, beautiful colours, and intricate patterns, this striking bubble of gas — known as NGC 2899 — appears to float and flutter across the sky in this ...



july 27, 2020 - e.s.o.

The exceptional global conditions due to the Covid-19 pandemic have deeply affected science operations at #eso observatories, causing an unprecedented backlog of observations for high-priority program...



july 22, 2020 - e.s.o.

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images of systems with multiple exopl...



june 30, 2020 - e.s.o.

Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that t...



april 16, 2020 - e.s.o.

Message to #eso users with time allocated in Period 105Science operations ceased at all #eso observatories in the week following 22 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown is likel...



march 11, 2020 - e.s.o.

Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 de...



march 05, 2020 - e.s.o.

Astronomers have recently raised concerns about the impact of satellite mega-constellations on scientific research. To better understand the effect these constellations could have on astronomical obse...



february 05, 2020 - e.s.o.

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which #eso is a partner, have spotted a peculiar gas cloud that resulted from a confrontation between two stars. One star ...



december 16, 2019 - e.s.o.

ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has observed the central part of the Milky Way with spectacular resolution and uncovered new details about the history of star birth in our galaxy. Thanks to the new o...



december 04, 2019 - e.s.o.

ESO observations indicate the Neptune-like exoplanet is evaporatingResearchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have, for the first time, found evidence of a giant planet associated with a white dwarf...



october 23, 2019 - e.s.o.

Newly created strontium, an element used in fireworks, detected in space for the first time following observations with #eso telescopeFor the first time, a freshly made heavy element, strontium, has b...