ESO Annual Report 2013 Now Available

(Before It's News)

The ESO Annual Report 2013 is now available. It presents the many activities of the European Southern Observatory during the year, including:

• Research highlights from ESO facilities, with the latest results from fields covering aspects of astronomy stretching from observations of the Solar System out to the study of the early Universe.
• A summary of the activities at ESO’s observatories in Chile.
• The status of the telescopes and instruments at the La Silla and Paranal Observatory, describing in detail new instruments and upgrades.
• The latest news from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) projects.
• News about the ESO staff and buildings — including the new Headquarters extension in Garching.

• A Glimpse Into The World Of Electric Asteroids
• Crrow777 The Crrow Discovery Project update.
• Friendly Competition Pits US Against German Astronauts On Space Station
• Parachutes For NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Passed Most Difficult Test
• In the Hunt For Dark Matter, New Simulations Show Evolution Of “Local Universe”
• Another Clue In Hunt For Dark Matter
• Dark Energy Survey Discovers Exotic Supernova
• Digging For Ice On Pluto Using A Telescope
• General Relativity Gets Its Toughest Test Yet From Clumped Galaxies
• Space’s Icy Wastes Mapped By Astronomers