
ALMA Operation Support Facility

Power of nature

Rainbow over ALMA OSF

An oasis of life

The road to the skies

Star trails

The Auxiliary Telescope and the Moon

Star trails above Paranal

Shooting at the sky

Star trails above Paranal

The library at ESO Headquarters

Sunset over Paranal

Another clear day at Paranal

Cerro Armazones

Very large silhouette at sunset

ESO’s Very Large Telescope array

Operations Support Facility at night

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

Chilly La Silla

The original site

Artist’s impression of the dwarf planet Eris

ALMA antennas

ALMA antennas

The czech president’s galaxy

Entrance of ESO Headquarters

Opening UT1

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

Comet McNaught

VISTA

Licancabur on the way to ALMA

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 1 (shell)

Centaurus A – Field 2 (halo)

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)

Intricati bracci a spirale intorno a V960 Mon catturati da SPHERE

Artist’s impression of the black hole in NGC 1850 distorting its companion star

La strada verso la Supernova

Un ammasso brillante come un gioiello

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?

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

Rappresentazione artistica del sistema planetario di TRAPPIST-1

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 osserva una macchia solare gigante (3 millimetri)

ALMA osserva una macchia solare gigante (1,25 millimetri)

Night lights

Immagine ALMA del disco protoplanetario intorno a V883 Orionis

Panorama view of ALMA

Lunar illumination

Nova Centauri 2013

Porte aperte 2015 - la lunga notte della scienza al quartiere generale di ESO.

The Moon sets over Paranal

Sundown on the VLT

VISTA osserva la Nebulosa Trifida e svela alcune stelle variabili nascoste (con note)

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

Immagine composita della Supernova 1987A

Volcanic peak

Sunset panorama at the VLT

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

Il VLT mostra una nebulosa planetaria "rettangolare"

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

Rappresentazione artistica di Proxima d (panoramica)

A black hole caught blowing a gust

Rappresentazione artistica di un pianeta orfano in Rho Ophiuchi

Il debole bagliore rossastro di un pianeta orfano

Confronto delle dimensioni dell'asteroide Kleopatra con il Cile

NGC 3627 as seen with the VLT and ALMA at several wavelengths of light

NGC 1087 as seen with MUSE on ESO’s VLT at several wavelengths of light

NGC 3627 osservata da MUSE sul VLT dell'ESO a diverse lunghezze d'onda

NGC 4254 as seen with the VLT and ALMA at several wavelengths of light

NGC 4254 osservata da MUSE sul VLT dell'ESO a diverse lunghezze d'onda

NGC 1300 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 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

La prima immagine in assoluto di un sistema multi-pianeta intorno a una stella simile al sole

What's on the horizon?

All around the VLT

The VLT points up into the Milky Way

Osservazione e rappresentazione artistica dell'asteroide 1999 KW4 a confronto

Eyes on the Milky Way

Rappresentazione artistica del buco nero nel cuore di M87

HR8799 nella costellazione di Pegaso

Paranal's shadow

Fulldome image of La Silla

A sky full(dome) of stars

Flying the flag

Pre-opening celebrations

Immagini del disco intorno alla stella GSC 07396-00759 ottenute da SPHERE

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