For the first time, an international team of researchers have captured direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. The image was produced by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, a global network of radio telescopes.Read More

Some fantastic new job opportunities have just been announced by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), as well as offering PhD positions and postdoctoral positions in Star and Planet formation through project WANDA.Read More

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released the Call for Proposals for Period 110 (for observations between 1 October 2022 – 31 March 2023). The proposal deadline is Friday 25 March 2022 at noon Central European Time (10pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time, 7pm Australian Western Standard Time).Read More

Australia and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) recently signed an amendment to their existing Strategic Partnership, giving Australian companies and astronomy groups new opportunities to work with ESO on future ground-based telescope technologies.Read More

After many years of design and analysis, manufacturing and integration, the Australian-European Southern Observatory Positioner (AESOP) finally arrived in Germany, at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP).Read More

AAL is currently seeking nominations to the ESO Users Committee. Applications close Friday 24 September 2021, 7 PM AEST (5 PM AWST). Under the Strategic Partnership between Australia and ESO, Australia is entitled to representation to this Users Committee (UC) and three other bodies: The ESO Council, Finance...Read More

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are being accepted for the next semester of the Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) Merit Allocation Program (including guaranteed time for ESO, Optical/IR and Gravitational Wave projects). The deadline for Semester 2022A EOIs is Friday 8th October, 2021 @ 8pm AEST.Read More

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released the Call for Proposals for Period 109 (for observations between 1 April 2022 – 30 September 2022). The proposal deadline is Thursday 23 September 2021 at noon Central European Summer Time (8pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, 6pm Australian Western Standard Time).Read More

The ESO has just announced its Fellowship Programme 2021/2022 for both Europe and Chile. The Garching Fellowship positions are for three years and the Chile Fellowship positions are of a four-year duration. The closing date is 15 October 2021 for both Chile and Garching applications. Read More

An agreement has been signed by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and representatives of an international consortium, led by Australian Astronomical Optics (AAO), to begin construction of the MAVIS instrument for use on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The MAVIS Consortium is being led by the Australian National...Read More