https://spacewatch.global/tag/eso/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 04 Dec 2024 08:28:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/eso/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/the-space-cafe-podcast-101-answers-to-the-biggest-questions-in-reach-elt-project-manager-roberto-tamai-shares-insights-about-the-extremely-large-telescope-in-chile/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53877 The Space Café Podcast #101:  Answers to the biggest questions in reach – ELT project manager Roberto Tamai shares insights about the  Extremely Large Telescope in Chile Episode 101 features. In this captivating episode, Markus takes us on an exploratory journey to one of Earth's most remote and intriguing places, the Atacama Desert, home to the future of astronomical discovery: The European Southern Observatory's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Roberto Tamai, the project manager of the ELT, shares the human stories, technical marvels, and ambitious goals behind the world's largest optical and near-infrared telescope.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/eso-and-astronomy-groups-petition-the-un-copuos/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 07:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46959 An international collaboration involving ESO has submitted a paper to the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) proposing a new Expert Group to protect dark and quiet skies. The paper underwent discussion at the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC) of COPUOS under a special agenda item on Dark and Quiet skies.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/spacewatchgl-opinion-james-webb-space-telescope-astronomy-and-our-best-selves/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42135 Imagine walking on a remote beach away from the polluting lights of a city. You look up and see thousands upon thousands of stars blanketing the heavens, bisected by the pale glow of our Milky Way—the galactic disc in which we live. You pick up a grain of sand and hold it at arms’ length to cover a minuscule portion of the night sky. What might lie in that tiny patch?]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/spacewatchgl-opinion-five-reasons-why-astronomy-is-important-to-our-future-in-space/ Sun, 09 May 2021 08:01:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32579 One of the great privileges of my role in external relations at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (also known as ESO) is to represent the Organisation at the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).]]>