Yearly Archives: 2021

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Green Bank Observatory Call for Proposals: 2022A Semester

The Green Bank Observatory (GBO) invites scientists to participate in the 2022A Semester Call for Proposals for the Green Bank Telescope (GBT).  The entire proposal call can be found here. The submission deadline for Semester 2022A proposals is Monday, 2 August 2021, at 17:00 EDT (21:00 UTC).  

By | 2021-07-06T12:32:09+00:00 July 6th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on Green Bank Observatory Call for Proposals: 2022A Semester

ATMO 2021, August 23-27, 2021

ESO will hold the online conference Atmospheres, Atmospheres! Do I look like I care about atmospheres? (ATMO 2021) on , August 23-27, 2021. This conference will bring together the community working theoretically and observationally on understanding exoplanet atmospheres by transmission and emission spectroscopy, with an emphasis on using ground-based facilities. It will also bring together those working on [...]

By | 2021-07-05T08:16:28+00:00 July 5th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on ATMO 2021, August 23-27, 2021

JIVE Annual Report 2020 available

The JIVE Annual Report 2020 is now available. It presents a summary of JIVE's many activities throughout the year. The Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) has as its primary mission to operate and develop the EVN data processor, a powerful supercomputer that combines the signals from radio telescopes located across the planet. Founded in [...]

By | 2021-07-05T08:05:22+00:00 July 5th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on JIVE Annual Report 2020 available

Green light for construction of the world’s largest radio telescope arrays

At a meeting of the SKA Observatory (SKAO) Council last week, Member States gave the green light for construction of the SKA telescopes to start, with procurement of major contracts starting immediately. Over the next few months, some 70 contracts will be placed by the SKAO within its Member States. The first significant activity on [...]

By | 2021-06-29T13:49:46+00:00 June 29th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on Green light for construction of the world’s largest radio telescope arrays

Conference “Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society II”, October 3-7, 2021

The Conference and workshop “Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society”, jointly organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the Government of Spain and the International Astronomical Union (IAU), is now scheduled in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, from October 3 to 7, 2021. The rationale for the Workshop [...]

By | 2021-06-23T08:05:17+00:00 June 23rd, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on Conference “Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society II”, October 3-7, 2021

MPIfR Series RadioViews: Dr. Thalia Traianou on Localizing the γ-ray emitting region in the blazar TXS 2013+370

RadioViews is a series of videos where fellow researchers present their results in compact form. In the fourth episode, Thalia Traianou talks on Localizing the γ-ray emitting region in the blazar TXS 2013+370. Watch the video here or on YouTube. Dr. Thalia Traianou successfully finished her Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Thomas Krichbaum at the [...]

By | 2021-06-18T10:41:08+00:00 June 18th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on MPIfR Series RadioViews: Dr. Thalia Traianou on Localizing the γ-ray emitting region in the blazar TXS 2013+370

Announcement of the IAU: Approval of 4 Resolutions for voting at Bussines Sessions

The IAU Resolutions Committee has approved the proposals of the four Resolutions that will be presented for voting at the virtual Business Sessions in August this year: Resolution B1 in support of the protection of geodetic radio astronomy against radio frequency interference. Resolution B2 on the improvement of the Earth’s rotation theories and models. Resolution B3 on the Gaia Celestial Reference [...]

By | 2021-06-16T10:42:49+00:00 June 16th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on Announcement of the IAU: Approval of 4 Resolutions for voting at Bussines Sessions

EC: Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-22 adopted

The Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-22 has been adopted. Find here the Work Programme on Research & Infrastructures. For seeing the Work Programmes of other areas, please go here and choose the filter option Horizon Europe. Watch here the EC press point by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel on the Publication of Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-22. [...]

By | 2021-06-16T09:49:14+00:00 June 16th, 2021|announcement|Comments Off on EC: Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-22 adopted