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Superbubble LHA 120-N 44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud	The disturbed galactic duo NGC 3169 and NGC 3166	From One "Alien World" to Another	Starry night at the Atacama Desert Coast

TRAPPIST First Light Image of the Spiral Galaxy Messier 83	Three ALMA antennas close together on Chajnantor	SEST at La Silla at Sunset	The Hidden Engine of NGC 4945

The Laser Guide System	NTT and ESO 3.6-metre telescopes	APEX Antenna	Atacama Pathfinder Experiment

APEX Antenna	Material Surrounding the Black Hole Sagittarius A*	Green Flash at Paranal	Detail of a View Towards the Great Attractor

Protostar HH-34 in Orion	Milky Way Shines over Snowy La Silla	ALMA images of gravitationally-lensed distant star-forming galaxies	Artist’s impression of eclipsing binary

PARLA laser at the VLT	PARLA laser at the VLT	ALMA and a Starry Night — a Joy to Behold	ALMA antenna

Artist’s impression of the exoplanet Tau Boötis b	Cascading Milky Way	Sun, Moon and Telescopes above the Desert	E-ELT four laser star guide

La Silla Observatory view from an airplane	Aerial close up view of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope with the 1.4-m Coudé Auxiliary Telescope	Teenage galaxies in the distant Universe	MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope with open dome

A towering VLT Unit Telescope	Paranal under Snow	Artist’s impression of a gamma-ray burst shining through two young galaxies in the early Universe	Stars Dancing Above the VLT

Giant space blob glows from within	The COSMOS field	Pandora’s Cluster (VLT view)	Planetary Conjunction over Paranal

Supermoon over ESO's Very Large Telescope	ALMA Antennas Stand Together	A Galactic Petri Dish	The Long and Winding Road*

A disc around a massive baby star (artist's impression)	The Blinking Galaxy	An infrared/visible comparison view of Messier 83	The sky around Messier 83

Inside the VLT	ALMA antennas at OSF	3.6-metre telescope at La Silla	Chance discovery reveals star factories in the distant Universe