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- 12 Oct 2021, 12:00 UTC Meet the 42: ESO images some of the biggest asteroids in our Solar System
- 9 Sep 2021, 12:00 UTC ESO captures best images yet of peculiar “dog-bone” asteroid
- 5 Aug 2021, 12:00 UTC New ESO observations show rocky exoplanet has just half the mass of Venus
- 22 Jul 2021, 12:00 UTC Astronomers make first clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet
- 16 Jul 2021, 12:00 UTC Galactic fireworks: new ESO images reveal stunning features of nearby galaxies
- 16 Jun 2021, 15:00 UTC Mystery of Betelgeuse’s dip in brightness solved
- 19 May 2021, 15:00 UTC Heavy metal vapours unexpectedly found in comets throughout our Solar System — and beyond
- 27 Apr 2021, 10:00 UTC New telescope at ESO’s La Silla joins effort to protect Earth from risky asteroids
- 30 Mar 2021, 15:00 UTC First interstellar comet may be the most pristine ever found
- 24 Mar 2021, 14:00 UTC Astronomers image magnetic fields at the edge of M87’s black hole
- 18 Mar 2021, 13:00 UTC Powerful stratospheric winds measured on Jupiter for the first time
- 8 Mar 2021, 13:00 UTC Most distant quasar with powerful radio jets discovered
- 26 Jan 2021, 09:27 UTC Puzzling six-exoplanet system with rhythmic movement challenges theories of how planets form
- 20 Jan 2021, 10:33 UTC ALMA captures distant colliding galaxy dying out as it loses the ability to form stars
- 30 Oct 2020, 13:05 UTC Stars and Skulls: new ESO image reveals eerie nebula
- 12 Oct 2020, 12:00 UTC Death by Spaghettification: ESO Telescopes Record Last Moments of Star Devoured by a Black H...
- 6 Oct 2020, 16:00 UTC 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for research with ESO telescopes on Milky Way's supermas...
- 1 Oct 2020, 14:45 UTC ESO telescope spots galaxies trapped in the web of a supermassive black hole
- 14 Sep 2020, 15:00 UTC Possible Marker of Life Spotted on Venus
- 3 Sep 2020, 18:00 UTC New Observations Show Planet-forming Disc Torn Apart by its Three Central Stars
- 12 Aug 2020, 15:00 UTC ALMA sees most distant Milky Way look-alike
- 30 Jul 2020, 12:00 UTC Stunning Space Butterfly Captured by ESO Telescope
- 22 Jul 2020, 13:00 UTC First Ever Image of a Multi-Planet System around a Sun-like Star Captured by ESO Telescope
- 30 Jun 2020, 10:00 UTC A Cosmic Mystery: ESO Telescope Captures the Disappearance of a Massive Star
- 1 Jun 2020, 15:00 UTC Hot stars are plagued by giant magnetic spots, ESO data shows
- 20 May 2020, 12:00 UTC ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth
- 6 May 2020, 12:00 UTC ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth
- 16 Apr 2020, 07:00 UTC ESO Telescope Sees Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole, Proves Einstein Right
- 11 Mar 2020, 16:00 UTC ESO Telescope Observes Exoplanet Where It Rains Iron
- 5 Mar 2020, 11:35 UTC New ESO Study Evaluates Impact of Satellite Constellations on Astronomical Observations
- 14 Feb 2020, 13:32 UTC ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Dim Betelgeuse
- 5 Feb 2020, 11:00 UTC ALMA catches beautiful outcome of stellar fight
- 15 Jan 2020, 11:00 UTC Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks
- 19 Dec 2019, 11:00 UTC ESO Observations Reveal Black Holes' Breakfast at the Cosmic Dawn
- 16 Dec 2019, 16:00 UTC ESO Telescope Images Stunning Central Region of Milky Way, Finds Ancient Star Burst
- 4 Dec 2019, 18:00 UTC First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found
- 28 Oct 2019, 16:00 UTC ESO Telescope Reveals What Could be the Smallest Dwarf Planet Yet in the Solar System
- 23 Oct 2019, 17:00 UTC First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision
- 4 Oct 2019, 08:00 UTC A Cosmic Pretzel
- 26 Sep 2019, 18:00 UTC Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil halo
- 13 Sep 2019, 07:00 UTC VISTA unveils a new image of the Large Magellanic Cloud
- 7 Aug 2019, 10:00 UTC Anatomy of a Cosmic Seagull
- 3 Jul 2019, 00:00 UTC La Silla 50th Anniversary Culminates with Total Solar Eclipse
- 10 Jun 2019, 13:00 UTC Breakthrough Watch and the European Southern Observatory achieve “first light” on upgraded p...
- 3 Jun 2019, 10:00 UTC ESO contributes to protecting Earth from dangerous asteroids
- 23 May 2019, 15:00 UTC €17 million Fund Backs 170 Breakthrough Concepts in Imaging and Sensing
- 2 May 2019, 13:00 UTC Pinpointing Gaia to Map the Milky Way
- 10 Apr 2019, 13:07 UTC Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole
- 29 Mar 2019, 14:00 UTC La Silla Observatory turns 50!
- 27 Mar 2019, 11:00 UTC GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging
