RadioNet – the European Radio Astronomy Consortium – was established in December 2020 and consists of 22 key radio astronomy institutes and infrastructures from Europe and beyond. These include all the major radio astronomy telescopes and arrays in Europe, covering a wide range of frequencies and angular resolutions. RadioNet acts to explore cooperative and strategic opportunities for the radio astronomy community.
The RadioNet Consortium is the continuation of a very successful collaboration of EU programmes over the last 20 years and is widely recognised. The RadioNet partners work together on the mechanisms and funding support (often from the EC) to deliver trans-national access to their infrastructures, on R&D to continually improve the capability of these facilities and to educate and train the scientific community to make the best use of these instruments.
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New LOFAR Discovery: Unusual Radio Pulses from a White Dwarf System
Astronomers have identified a baffling new cosmic radio source - ILT J163430+445010 - emitting bright radio pulses every 14 minutes with unexpected shifts between circular and linear polarization. The source is linked to a white dwarf binary exhibiting a [...]
ALMA Uncovers Hidden Structures in the Universe’s First Galaxies
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have unveiled intricate internal structures within early galaxies—just 1 billion years after the Big Bang—as part of the CRISTAL survey. By tracing ionised carbon ([C II]) emission in [...]
Frontiers of Science Award for Tests of Einstein’s Gravity
The international research team led by Prof. Michael Kramer of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) has been awarded the prestigious Frontiers of Science Award 2025 in the category Astrophysics and Cosmology – [...]
EHT Reveals Why M87*’s Ring Isn’t a Perfect Circle
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered the reason why the stunning image of the M87* black hole features a ring that appears slightly elliptical rather than a perfect circle. The distortion - ranging [...]
Exoplanet Triggers Stellar Fireworks
Astronomers have found the first clear evidence of a planet triggering flares on its host star. Using data from NASA’s TESS and ESA’s CHEOPS space telescopes, an international team led by ASTRON and the Leibniz [...]
Prof. Jessica Dempsey appointed next Director-General of SKAO
The SKA Observatory has announced the appointment of Prof. Jessica Dempsey as its next Director-General, following a rigorous international selection process and final decision by the SKAO Council. Currently Director of ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for [...]
- 839. WE-Heraeus-Seminar: Charting the Cosmos: From Cosmic Stellar Nurseries to Evolved Stars using High Powered Telescopes on August 18, 2025
- Unlocking ALMA’s Potential with Focal Plane Arrays – 02-04.09.2025 – Bonn/DE on September 2, 2025
- Unlocking ALAM’s Potential with FPA: A Community Workshop on September 2, 2025
- European Research & Innovation Days 2025 – 16–17.09.2025 – Brussels/BE on September 15, 2025
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