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 [...]