The Latest Breaking News from ESO

National Grid warning over possible three-hour blackouts this winter

Households can help avoid blackouts by using energy at off-peak times

Nottingham Post · Oct 6, 2022

Blackouts possible over winter if energy imports run short, National Grid warns

The electricity network might have to turn off in parts of the country if power plants cannot find enough gas to keep running

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022

Brits will be paid to use washing machines at night as National Grid warns of blackouts

The National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has today warned how three-hour planned blackouts could be possible if there is a shortage of gas this winter

Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022

ESO Belfast's Russell Beggs goes under the Belfast Live spotlight

Russell shares his proudest moments, how he got here and his favourite place in the world..

Belfast Live · Jul 1, 2022

This "city killer" asteroid won't hit Earth after all

2021 QM1 at first seemed on a collision course, and is about the size of the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor. But Earth seems spared — for now.

Inverse · Jun 30, 2022

National Grid to be partly nationalised to help reach net zero targets

Electricity System Operator, the division that keeps the lights on in Great Britain, will form part of a new public body

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2022

‘Closest black hole’ system to Earth found to contain no black hole – study

Researchers agree there is no black hole in HR 6819, which is instead a vampire two-star system where one star has stripped material from the other.

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

Texas software company ESO adds 35 jobs at Belfast base

The company's software provides data to emergency services across North America

Birmingham Post · Feb 25, 2022

Far Out: World’s Biggest Telescope Back On Track After COVID Snags

Astronomers say the Extremely Large Telescope is so powerful it could find water forming on baby planets around distant stars.

Zenger · Feb 4, 2022

The Extremely Large Telescope: Facts about the world's largest telescope

Here's everything you need to know about the Extremely Large Telescope, which will become the largest telescope in the world when it is completed at the end of the decade.

Space · May 31, 2018