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Details can be accessed via the navigation menu.<br> </p> <hr> </div> <div class="richtext text parbase section"> <h2>ESO Science Announcements<br> </h2> </div> <div class="announcementslist parbase section"> <style> .pr_more_link { float:right; } .pr_image_list { font-size: 11px; } .pr_image_list_id { margin-left: 1em; width:122px; color: #777777; text-align: left; } .pr_image_list_title { margin-left:1em; width:122px; text-align: left; } .pr_headline { /*margin-bottom: 20px;*/ width: 100%; text-color: #000000; } .pr_headline a { color: #005ba0; } .left { text-align: left; float: left; width: 33%; } .middle { text-align: center; float: left; width: 33%; } .right { text-align: right; float: right; width: 33%; } .pr_box { width: 97%; border: 1px solid #cdcdcd; padding: 9px 9px 9px 9px; margin-bottom: 1em; } .shop_contact_info_box { display:inline-block; } div.pr_lead { min-height: 92px; margin-top: 8px; } div.pr_list_image, div.pr_list_video { float: left; margin: 0; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; /*background-color: #eeeeee;*/ width:122px; } .read_more_link { clear:both; } div.pr_list_video { height: 69px; } div.pr_list_image { height: 92px; } .pr_list_video img, .pr_list_image img { padding: 0 !important; } .pr_list_text { padding-left: 140px; line-height: 1.4em; } .pr_more_link { text-align: right; } .pr_list_text > a { color: #000000; } .pr_list_text > a:hover { color: #666666; text-decoration: none; } .clear { clear:both; } </style> <div class="pr_box"> <div class="pr_lead"> <div class="pr_list_image"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17701.html" target="_top"> <div style="background:center no-repeat url(https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17701/_jcr_content/abstract/image.img.jpg/1744361223760.jpg);background-size:contain;width:122px;height:92px"></div> </a> </div> <div class="pr_list_text"> <h2 class="pr_headline"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17701.html">ESO Period 116 Proposal Submission Statistics</a> </h2> <strong>Published: 11 Apr 2025</strong> <div class="teasertext"> <p>ESO received 913 valid proposals for observations in Period 116 (1 October 2025 - 30 April 2026, with a duration of 7 months). The deadline for proposal submission was 20 March 2025. On the VLT, the most demanded ESO instrument was MUSE with a request of 3034.5 hours (i.e. 379.3 nights of an average duration of 8 hours), followed by ESPRESSO with 2594.8 hours, and XSHOOTER with 2221.2 hours. HARPS/NIRPS on the ESO 3.6-metre telescope was the most demanded instrument at La Silla, with a combined request of 3277 nights. The plot above shows the number pf ESO Proposals/PIs since Period 62. The fluctuations in the recent years are due to Large Programmes being offered only in even periods since P106. The peak in P106 is due to the extension of the proposal submission deadline during the pandemic.<br> </p> </div> <div class="read_more_link" align="right"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17701.html">Go to Announcement</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pr_box"> <div class="pr_lead"> <div class="pr_list_image"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17700.html" target="_top"> <div style="background:center no-repeat url(https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17700/_jcr_content/abstract/image.img.jpg/1744359756182.jpg);background-size:contain;width:122px;height:92px"></div> </a> </div> <div class="pr_list_text"> <h2 class="pr_headline"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17700.html">Farewell to Bruno Leibundgut</a> </h2> <strong>Published: 11 Apr 2025</strong> <div class="teasertext"> <p>After more than 31 years of work at ESO, Bruno Leibundgut will retire at the end of April 2025. Given the strong engagement between Bruno and the astronomical community, this will not only be a change for himself, but also for the ESO and the community.</p> </div> <div class="read_more_link" align="right"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17700.html">Go to Announcement</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pr_box"> <div class="pr_lead"> <div class="pr_list_image"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17699.html" target="_top"> <div style="background:center no-repeat url(https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17699/_jcr_content/abstract/image.img.jpg/1743706361926.jpg);background-size:contain;width:122px;height:92px"></div> </a> </div> <div class="pr_list_text"> <h2 class="pr_headline"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17699.html">ESO Community Workshop "Planetary Formation and Exoplanets in the ELT Era", ESO Garching, 17 - 21 November 2025: Registration and Abstract Submission Open</a> </h2> <strong>Published: 03 Apr 2025</strong> <div class="teasertext"> <p>Registration and abstract submission for the ESO workshop "Planetary Formation and Exoplanets in the ELT era”, to be held at ESO Garching, 17-21 November 2025, is now open. The workshop will discuss the understanding of how giant and rocky planets form and evolve, their internal structure and that of their atmosphere, in the context of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).</p> </div> <div class="read_more_link" align="right"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17699.html">Go to Announcement</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pr_box"> <div class="pr_lead"> <div class="pr_list_image"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17698.html" target="_top"> <div style="background:center no-repeat url(https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17698/_jcr_content/abstract/image.img.png/1743603352713.png);background-size:contain;width:122px;height:92px"></div> </a> </div> <div class="pr_list_text"> <h2 class="pr_headline"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17698.html">The First Astropy User Survey is now Open</a> </h2> <strong>Published: 02 Apr 2025</strong> <div class="teasertext"> <p>The Astropy Project is running its first <a href="https://forms.gle/KX2cNuFsQYgVhF178">user survey</a>! With over 50,000 users, 280,000 lines of code written by more than 450 contributors, and over 13,000 unique citations across its <a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/filter_property_fq_property=AND&filter_property_fq_property=property%3A%22refereed%22&fq=%7B!type%3Daqp%20v%3D%24fq_property%7D&fq_property=(property%3A%22refereed%22)&p_=0&q=title%3A%22astropy%22%20author%3A%22Astropy%20Collaboration%22&sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc">three papers</a>, the Astropy Collaboration is made possible by hundreds of volunteer contributors worldwide. For more than a decade, ESO researchers have contributed direct and indirect development efforts to the core <i>astropy</i> package and critical packages in the Astropy ecosystem such as <i>astroquery</i>, advancing software tools for astronomy from the visible and infrared to the sub-mm. The first user survey is now being run to better understand how Astropy and its community of scientific software is being used, how it can be improved, and how it can best continue to support global astronomy and scientific research endeavors. Please take 15 minutes to give your input before 15 May and help us shape the future of <i>astropy</i>.</p> </div> <div class="read_more_link" align="right"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17698.html">Go to Announcement</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pr_box"> <div class="pr_lead"> <div class="pr_list_image"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17697.html" target="_top"> <div style="background:center no-repeat url(https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17697/_jcr_content/abstract/image.img.jpg/1743578836588.jpg);background-size:contain;width:122px;height:92px"></div> </a> </div> <div class="pr_list_text"> <h2 class="pr_headline"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17697.html">Introducing the 2025 ESO Fellows - Germany and Chile</a> </h2> <strong>Published: 02 Apr 2025</strong> <div class="teasertext"> <p>The Offices for Science are very pleased to present the <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/activities/fellowships-and-studentships/FeSt-overview/fellowship_programme.html">2025 ESO Fellows.</a> Here is an introduction to the Fellows due to start in Garching and Chile later this year.</p> </div> <div class="read_more_link" align="right"> <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/announcements/sciann17697.html">Go to Announcement</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="richtext text parbase section"> <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="/sci/publications/announcements.html">View All</a> | <a href="/sci/publications/rss.xml" class="noicon"><img align="bottom" class="nopadding" alt="RSS" src="/i/rsslogo.png" title="RSS"> RSS</a> | <a href="http://www.eso.org/UserPortal/">Subscribe to Science Newsletter</a></p> </div> </div><div class="parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt1-c1"><div class="richtext text parbase section"> <h2>The Messenger</h2> <p><a adhocenable="false" href="https://messenger.eso.org">The Messenger 193</a> is now available. Highlights include:</p> <ul> <li>Bonaldi, A., Zwaan, M. et al.: SKAO, SKA Precursors/pathfinders and ESO Facilities</li> <li>Breen, S., Schödel, R. et al.: ESO–SKAO Coordinated Surveys: the Galaxy</li> <li>Prandoni, I., Sargent, M. et al.: An ESO–SKAO Synergistic Approach to Galaxy Formation and Evolution Studies</li> <li>Santos, M., Camera, S. et al.: Cosmology with ESO–SKAO Synergies</li> <li>Mesinger, A., Ciardi, B. et al.: ESO–SKAO Synergies for the Epoch of Reionisation and Cosmic Dawn</li> <li>Patat, F., Leibundgut, B. et al.: Yearly Call and Fast Track Channel at ESO</li> </ul> </div> <div class="separationline parbase section"> <hr size="1" noshade=""> </div> <div class="richtext text parbase section"> <h2>The ESO Science Newsletter</h2> <p class="pod">The <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/newsletter/feb2025.html" adhocenable="false">February 2025 issue</a> is now available.</p> <p>The ESO Science Newsletter, mailed approximately once per month, presents the most recent announcements. Subscription is controlled through the Manage Profile link on the <a href="http://www.eso.org/UserPortal/">User Portal</a>. Back issues (2013-) are <a href="http://www.eso.org/sci/publications/newsletter/" adhocenable="false">archived</a>.</p> </div> <div class="separationline parbase section"> <hr size="1" noshade=""> </div> <div class="richtext text parbase section"> <h2>Citing ESO data in research papers</h2> <p>Researchers are kindly asked to indicate the identifiers (programme IDs or Data DOIs) of the (new or archival) observations they used in their papers as explained in <a href="https://www.eso.org/sci/observing/policies/publications.html">ESO’s data citation policy</a>. This enables the telbib curators to cross-link research output to make data Findabie, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable as suggested by the <a href="https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/">FAIR Principles</a>.  </p> </div> <div class="separationline parbase section"> <hr size="1" noshade=""> </div> <div class="richtext text parbase section"> <h2>Pitch Your Research to ESO COMM</h2> <p>Are you an author on an upcoming scientific study based on ESO data that could be relevant to journalists or the wider public? 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