Very large silhouette at sunset
ESO’s Very Large Telescope array
Operations Support Facility at night
Operations Support Facility
Atacama Compact Array
Icy outcrops
Moon eclipse from La Silla
Panorama of VLT and control building
PARLA laser at the VLT
Swirling stars above the VLT
Annette Schavan
The telescope, The laser and the Moon
Halfway There: 33 ALMA antennas on Chajnantor
Galactic backlighting
ALMA antennas
The original site
Chilly La Silla
Artist’s impression of the dwarf planet Eris
ALMA antennas
Panoramic view of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope's dome
Four ALMA antennas on the Chajnantor plain
The VLTI delay lines
An ancient cluster of stars against a stunning background
The ESO VLT Yepun Telescope opening
A stellar black hole
TRAPPIST first light image of Omega Centauri
Moving ALMA antennas to the Atacama compact array pads
The cluster of galaxies Abell 315
The ESO 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla at night
An ALMA antenna on Chajnantor
APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, on Chajnantor
VLT at Paranal
The GOODS-South field
Extracts from the VISTA infrared image of the Orion Nebula
The launch of the voices from the Universe book
Comet McNaught
ALMA antennas
FLAMES at the VLT
ALMA antennas
VLTs stretch into the distance
Paranal-Gegenschein
The Laser Guide Star on the VLT
Nebula around star cluster RCW 38
The Earth-like planet Gliese 581 c (artist's impression)
NGC 92 in H-alpha
DEM L 144 near N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Centaurus A – Field 2 (halo)
Centaurus A – Field 1 (shell)
Nebulae near the hot Wolf-Rayet star BAT99-2 in the LMC
Close-up of N44C in the LMC
Interferometric observations: fringes from two stars of different angular size
Interferometric observations: change of fringes with increasing baseline
The Orion Nebula: The jewel in the sword
UVES at KUEYEN with cover partially lifted
B68, the black cloud
ALMA image and motion of the cold gas in REBELS-25 (side-by-side)
Impresión artística del Extremely Large Telescope de ESO y las antenas del Observatorio ALMA.
Comparison of several stellar black holes in our galaxy
A flower with four petals (full field of view)
Intricate spiral arms around V960 Mon captured with SPHERE
Artist’s impression of the black hole in NGC 1850 distorting its companion star
Path to the Supernova
A jewel bright cluster
Supernova at twilight
Window on the Universe
ESO Supernova Stairway
ESOshop in ESO Supernova
ESO Supernova Picnic Area
Supernova Cloakroom
Peering into the Void
Supernova Cloakroom
Starry skies in the planetarium
ESO Supernova by day
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Image of ESO 325-G004
Rooftop panorama
You spin me right round
A spectacle of light
A home away from home
Jupiter's time to shine
The Earth from the Moon
Planetarium panorama
Stellar snacks
Artist’s impressions of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system
Immersive Paranal world
A stop to enjoy the Chilean sky
A stop to enjoy the Chilean sky
PARLA laser at the VLT
A panorama view of the VLT
Milky Way glow at Paranal
Lined up
Panoramic Paranal perspective
ALMA observes a giant sunspot (3 millimetres)
ALMA observes a giant sunspot (1.25 millimetres)
Night lights
ALMA image of the protoplanetary disc around V883 Orionis
Panorama view of ALMA
Lunar illumination
Nova Centauri 2013
Open House Day 2015 – long night of science at ESO’s Headquarters
The Moon sets over Paranal
Sundown on the VLT
VISTA views the Trifid Nebula and reveals hidden variable stars (annotated)
Meet me at the stars
The most powerful telescope in the world
OSF and the Milky Way
Image from panoramic webcam at Paranal
The Milky Way over ALMA
The Milky Way over UT4
ALMA's cool Universe
Rosetta’s comet is waking up
Composite image of Supernova 1987A
Volcanic peak
AEM Consortium’s facility
ESO’s Paranal Observatory by night
The Very Large Telescope
ESO 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla Observatory
Challenging journeys
ALMA antennas
ALMA antenna on a transporter
ALMA antennas
The occultation of the dwarf planet Eris in November 2010
Unrecognisable Paranal Residencia
Twilight at Cerro Armazones
Wide-angle view of the ESO 3.6-metre telescope
Garden and swimming pool at the Paranal Residencia
Twilight at Paranal
360° panorama of the VLT platform at sunset
Dramatic moonset
La Silla Observatory
Star factories in the distant Universe (artist’s impression)
Behind the scenes of around the world in 80 telescopes
VLT test camera in integration lab
VLTI tunnel
The Paranal observing platform in Chile
Chajnantor - the site for ALMA
ELT in its enclosure
Penitentes ice formations
Trumpler 14 in the Carina Nebula
The star cluster Terzan 5
Artist’s impression of a gamma-ray burst
Comet McNaught
Planetary system around HD 69830
Star ejected from the Large Magellanic Cloud (artist''s view)
DEM L 159 nebula and KMHK 840 and 831 star clusters in the LMC
M100 / NGC 4321
Interferometric tunnel
The VLT images a "rectangular" planetary nebula
Artist's Impression of the ELT: A Sharp Eye on the Sky
New planetary-mass object found in quadruple system (unlabelled)
A stepping stone to the Universe
A bird's-eye view of the ELT construction site
The ELT's dome under construction
A sky-high view of the ELT's construction site
The ELT construction site from above
Outlines of the ELT on Cerro Armazones
Scaffolding at the ELT site
Artist’s impression of Proxima d (wider view)
A black hole caught blowing a gust
The faint red glow of a rogue planet
Artist’s impression of a rogue planet in Rho Ophiuchi
Size comparison of asteroid Kleopatra with Chile
NGC 1300 as seen with MUSE on ESO’s VLT at several wavelengths of light
NGC 1087 as seen with MUSE on ESO’s VLT at several wavelengths of light
NGC 3627 as seen with the VLT and ALMA at several wavelengths of light
NGC 4254 as seen with MUSE on ESO’s VLT at several wavelengths of light
NGC 4303 as seen with the VLT and ALMA at several wavelengths of light
NGC 1300 as seen with the VLT and ALMA at several wavelengths of light
NGC 4254 as seen with the VLT and ALMA at several wavelengths of light
NGC 3627 as seen with MUSE on ESO’s VLT at several wavelengths of light
NGC 1087 as seen with the VLT and ALMA at several wavelengths of light
Home of a Planet Hunter
The centre of the Toby Jug Nebula
First ever image of a multi-planet system around a Sun-like star
What's on the horizon?
All around the VLT
The VLT points up into the Milky Way
La Silla Sunset
Path of 2019 total solar eclipse
Starstruck
Side by side observation and artist's impression of Asteroid 1999 KW4
Eyes on the Milky Way
Artist’s impression of the Black Hole at the heart of M87
HR 8799 in the constellation Pegasus
Paranal's shadow
Fulldome image of La Silla
Sky over ALMA
Fulldome of ALMA
When the Moon turns red
Party rings
Around the world in 80 seconds
A sky full(dome) of stars
Flying the flag
Pre-opening celebrations
SPHERE images the edge-on disc around the star GSC 07396-00759
Lunar eclipse mosaic
La Silla panorama
Laser guide stars in action
ESON at a fulldome show
VLT Auxiliary Telescope silhouette
ALMA at the end of the rainbow
Sunset behind the Paranal telescopes
Sunset with Paranal on the distance
ESO’s Very Large Telescope array
Road to Cerro Armazones
Panorama at the entrance of Paranal
Panorama of the entrance to the Residencia
Panorama at the entrance of La Residencia
Cerro Paranal Panorama
Paranal Basecamp at dawn
From one "alien world" to another
Sun, Moon and telescopes above the desert
Panoramic of Paranal Basecamp
Very Large Telescope ready for action
Panoramic view from the roof of La Residencia
Antarctic Air Visits Paranal
Panorama of VISTA and view
Cascading Milky Way