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- 19 Jan 2012, 11:00 UTC The Helix in New Colours
- 11 Jan 2012, 18:00 UTC Planet Population is Plentiful
- 10 Jan 2012, 16:00 UTC El Gordo — A “Fat” Distant Galaxy Cluster
- 5 Jan 2012, 15:00 UTC ESO Celebrates 50 Years of Reaching New Heights in Astronomy
- 4 Jan 2012, 11:00 UTC The Smoky Pink Core of the Omega Nebula
- 24 Dec 2011, 16:00 UTC Christmas Comet Lovejoy Captured at Paranal
- 15 Dec 2011, 11:00 UTC A Galaxy Blooming with New Stars
- 14 Dec 2011, 18:00 UTC A Black Hole's Dinner is Fast Approaching
- 9 Dec 2011, 13:00 UTC The E-ELT Moves Closer to Reality
- 8 Dec 2011, 11:00 UTC Prince Philippe of Belgium Leads Industrial Delegation Visiting ESO Sites in Chile
- 7 Dec 2011, 11:00 UTC Vampire Star Reveals its Secrets
- 5 Dec 2011, 14:00 UTC VLT Finds Fastest Rotating Star
- 24 Nov 2011, 20:30 UTC Spanish Crown Prince visits ESO's Paranal Observatory
- 16 Nov 2011, 11:00 UTC The Cool Clouds of Carina
- 11 Nov 2011, 09:00 UTC Lutetia: a Rare Survivor from the Birth of the Earth
- 2 Nov 2011, 11:00 UTC VLT Observations of Gamma-ray Burst Reveal Surprising Ingredients of Early Galaxies
- 26 Oct 2011, 17:00 UTC Faraway Eris is Pluto's Twin
- 19 Oct 2011, 10:00 UTC VISTA Finds New Globular Star Clusters
- 17 Oct 2011, 13:00 UTC Full-size Mock-up of World’s Largest Telescope Mirror Built at ESO’s Open House Day
- 13 Oct 2011, 17:00 UTC ESO and Chile sign agreement on E-ELT
- 12 Oct 2011, 10:00 UTC Distant Galaxies Reveal The Clearing of the Cosmic Fog
- 3 Oct 2011, 09:30 UTC ALMA Opens Its Eyes
- 28 Sep 2011, 10:00 UTC Feast your Eyes on the Fried Egg Nebula
- 21 Sep 2011, 10:00 UTC An Angry Bird in the Sky
- 12 Sep 2011, 16:00 UTC Fifty New Exoplanets Discovered by HARPS
- 7 Sep 2011, 10:00 UTC Young Stars Take a Turn in the Spotlight
- 31 Aug 2011, 17:00 UTC The Star That Should Not Exist
- 24 Aug 2011, 10:00 UTC VLT Looks into The Eyes of the Virgin
- 17 Aug 2011, 17:00 UTC Giant Space Blob Glows from Within
- 10 Aug 2011, 10:00 UTC A Spiral in Leo
- 3 Aug 2011, 10:00 UTC VISTA Finds 96 Star Clusters Hidden Behind Dust
- 28 Jul 2011, 12:00 UTC European ALMA antenna brings total on Chajnantor to 16
- 27 Jul 2011, 10:00 UTC VST Looks at the Leo Triplet — and Beyond
- 20 Jul 2011, 10:00 UTC A Cosmic Superbubble
- 13 Jul 2011, 10:00 UTC What Activates a Supermassive Black Hole?
- 6 Jul 2011, 10:00 UTC Hydrogen Peroxide Found in Space
- 29 Jun 2011, 17:00 UTC Most Distant Quasar Found
- 23 Jun 2011, 10:00 UTC The Flames of Betelgeuse
- 22 Jun 2011, 13:00 UTC A Galactic Crash Investigation
- 8 Jun 2011, 10:00 UTC First Images from the VLT Survey Telescope
- 1 Jun 2011, 10:00 UTC A Postcard from Extragalactic Space?
- 25 May 2011, 10:00 UTC ESO's VLT Finds a Brilliant but Solitary Superstar
- 19 May 2011, 18:00 UTC Looking Deep into a Huge Storm on Saturn
- 4 May 2011, 10:00 UTC Two Views of a Lopsided Galaxy
- 20 Apr 2011, 10:00 UTC A Disturbed Galactic Duo
- 13 Apr 2011, 10:00 UTC Celestial Fireworks from Dying Stars
- 7 Apr 2011, 10:00 UTC President of Czech Republic visits ESO's Paranal Observatory
- 30 Mar 2011, 10:00 UTC The Rose-red Glow of Star Formation
- 23 Mar 2011, 14:00 UTC A Very Cool Pair of Brown Dwarfs
- 16 Mar 2011, 11:00 UTC The Drama of Starbirth




