The international conference “Breaking the Limits 2026” will focus on recent advances in the study of super-Eddington accretion onto compact objects, including black holes, neutron stars, ULXs, and AGN. Following successful editions in 2016 and 2018, the meeting will bring together observers and theorists to discuss state-of-the-art models, new observations, and the broader implications for [...]
More than 200 participants from 86 countries met at the United Nations in Vienna for the Workshop on Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society, co-hosted by the SKAO and the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) from 9–11 December. The workshop brought together astronomers, satellite operators, space agencies, policymakers, and diplomats to [...]
Session J03, Radio Astronomy from Space: Science, Technology and Future Missions, will take place at the URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (GASS) 2026 in Kraków, Poland (15–22 August 2026). Organized under Commission J, this session focuses on the scientific breakthroughs and technological advances enabled by space-based radio astronomy. The session will cover past, current, [...]
17th European VLBI Network Symposium & Users’ Meeting will be held at The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, from the 14th to 18th September 2026. The European VLBI Network Symposium is the main forum for discussion of the latest Very Long Baseline Interferometry scientific results and technical and technological developments within the EVN member countries. The purpose of this biennial meeting is [...]
Mike Garrett Passes the Torch to Keith Grainge Keith Grainge has been appointed as Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory and the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics for a three-year term beginning 1 January 2026. He succeeds Mike Garrett, who has served in this role for close to ten years. Mike has been a central figure [...]
Transnational access to MAGIC is provided to selected user-groups of one or more researchers, with the majority of the users working in EU and/or Associated Countries AND NOT AFFILIATED WITH SPANISH INSTITUTES. The access includes the logistical, technological and scientific support and the specific training. Additionally financial support for travel and accommodation could be offered [...]
The next ERIS - European Radio Astronomy School will be hosted by INAF Institute of Radioastronomy (IRA-INAF, Italy) from 7–11 September 2026 in Noto, Sicily. Mark your calendars - further details will follow.
France has secured its first SKAO construction contract, with computing specialists Eviden (part of Atos Group) tasked with delivering the Science Data Processor (SDP) hardware for the Observatory’s two telescopes. The SDP will handle massive data volumes, reducing and processing up to a million 4K-equivalent streams to produce detailed sky images, ultimately archiving ~700 PB [...]
The European VLBI Network (EVN) is announced a new seminar within the 3rd series of online seminars "Exploring the sharpest view of the Universe with the EVN". Sandor Frey from Konkoly Observatory, HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, will present a talk about VLBI and Gaia Astrometry in the Service of AGN Astrophysics. Join on Friday [...]
An international team led by Tom Bakx (Chalmers University) has identified an extreme star-forming galaxy, Y1, over 13 billion light-years away. Using ALMA, they measured dust temperatures of 90 K, revealing that Y1 is forming stars at over 180 solar masses per year, about 180 times faster than the Milky Way. This discovery provides key insights [...]