Meet Eva Diaz, Head of Instrumentation at ESO’s Paranal Observatory

Who’s who on the ELT - Part III

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

Five minutes with Adrian Russell

ESO’s Director of Programmes talks building telescopes, developing technology and herding cats!

Who’s who on the ELT: part II

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

The behemoth behind the brightness

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

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

A spotlight on Claudia Cid

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

A taste of ESPRESSO

At the bleeding edge of exoplanet pursuit

Future science

What will the Extremely Large Telescope reveal about the Universe?

Five minutes with Andreas Kaufer

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

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

Cooling Down Astronomy

Cryogenic expert Jean Louis Lizon on ESO’s technology development

Observing the Finest Details of the Stars

An adventure with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer