September 16, 2025 — The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, with major contributions from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), has unveiled new images of the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy M87. For the first time, the EHT detects faint emission from the base of M87’s relativistic jet, while multi-year [...]
The second Transnational Access (TNA) call of the ACME project is now open! This program supports research visits to European institutes offering training and expert guidance in multi-messenger astronomy — from gravitational waves and neutrinos to cosmic rays and photons across the electromagnetic spectrum. Who can apply? PhD students, postdocs, and staff scientists from universities [...]
The call for observing proposals with the European VLBI Network (EVN) is now open - non-expert teams are especially welcome! New: MeerKAT will be available for EVN observations on a best-effort basis starting session 1/2026. A tied-array beam and the local interferometer data may be requested. Proposals should clearly describe the added value of MeerKAT data to achieve the science goals [...]