
MUSE image of the Saturn Nebula

True shape of the Boomerang

Artist’s rendering of the ELT in operation

The star cluster Messier 18 and its surroundings

Artist’s impression of cold intergalactic rain

The glowing gas cloud LHA 120-N55 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

The most powerful laser guide star system in the world sees first light at the Paranal Observatory

La Silla dawn kisses the Milky Way

Artist’s impression of the hottest and most massive touching double star

A microlensing mystery

The dusty cloud G2 passes the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way

The Great Dane

Gazing at the wonder of our Universe

The star formation region NGC 2035 imaged by the ESO Very Large Telescope

Telescopes at ESO's first site in Chile: the La Silla Observatory