ESO — First Light for SPECULOOS — Organisation Release eso1839

ESO — Reaching New Heights in Astronomy Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser European Southern Observatory ESO News 5 December 2018 5 December 2018 — ESO Organisation Release eso1839 First Light for SPECULOOS— Four telescopes devoted to the search for habitable planets around nearby ultra-cool stars get off to a successful start at ESO's Paranal Observatory The SPECULOOS project has made its first observations at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. SPECULOOS will focus on detecting Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby ultra-cool stars and brown dwarfs. The release, images and videos are available on: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1839/ Kind regards, The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department 5 December 2018   ESO Announcements ESO's Second #MeetESO winners announced 4 December 2018: To coincide with the 2019 Total Solar Eclipse, eight social media users have been hand-picked from the pool of users that have signed up for the competition to attend ESO ... Read more Exciting new programme at the ESO Supernova — January–March 2019 activities can now be booked online 3 December 2018: Our January–March 2019 programme for the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre is now available online, and the exciting lineup of activities and shows for this period can be ... Read more Science in School: Issue 45 now available 30 November 2018: The latest issue of the free magazine Science in School is now available online and in printed form. This European journal for science teachers offers up-to-date information on cutting-edge science ... Read more ESOcast 186: Engineers at ESO 22 November 2018: ESO designs, builds and operates some of the most advanced telescopes and instruments in the world. To achieve this, the organisation employs a host of talented engineers who design, develop ... Read more ESCAPE into Open Science — European astronomy and particle physics infrastructures receives funding for €16 million open data project 20 November 2018: The European Science Cluster of Astronomy & Particle physics ESFRI research infrastructures (ESCAPE) project has received funding of €16 million through the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme of the ... Read more   ESOblog Revealing the True Nature of Asteroids — How an ESO survey mapped the surface of a NASA mission target Interview with: Pierre Vernazza and Franck Marchis 30 November 2018: A team of scientists are currently using ESO's Very Large Telescope to survey the largest asteroids in the Solar System. Nicknamed HARISSA, the survey has recently gathered lots of information ... Read more Missing Solar Siblings — Could the Sun's long-lost relatives help us find life elsewhere in the Universe? Interview with: Vardan Adibekyan 23 November 2018: It is believed that the Sun has a few thousand solar siblings, any of which could host living organisms similar to those found on Earth. A team of scientists recently ... Read more Share this newsletter on:     Start receiving this newsletter in your language  Pictures of the Week 3 December 2018 Comet-like stars 26 November 2018 Construction of the ELT Technical Facility at Paranal Upcoming Events Ongoing Café & Kosmos in Munich 24 - 29 June 2019: Starmus V 2 July 2019: Total Solar Eclipse Upcoming Exhibitions 24 - 29 June 2019: Starmus V event. Bern, Switzerland.              ESO Pictures of the Week You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to ESO News. Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser Follow us on: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany