What is ESO? (short version)

We are ESO, the European Southern Observatory. For decades we have been designing, building and operating the most advanced ground-based telescopes in the world. Discover our mission, our observing sites and telescopes, our breakthroughs and our people.

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Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Martin Wallner and Bárbara Ferreira
Consultants: Xavier Barcons, Michele Cirasuolo, Mariya Lyubenova, Roberto Tamai, Anna-Lynn Wegener
Narration: Louise Nielsen
Interviewees (alphabethically): Xavier Barcons, Isobel Hook, Suzanne Ramsay, Roberto Tamai
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Media footage:Cover and website images: BBC, El Mercurio, El País, La Tercera, Le Monde, National Geographic, Nature, New Scientist, New York Times, Reuters, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Economist
News snippets:24 Horas (24horas.cl), TVN, Chile
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Episode 467 (2018)
Guest: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Executive Producers: Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, Barry Julien
Production Companies: Spartina Productions, Busboy Productions, CBS Studios
Network: CBS
The Story of Oumuamua, the First Visitor From Another Star System (2018)
Speaker: Karen J. Meech
Production: TED (ted.com)