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 39 typical star-forming galaxies and combining it with Hubble and JWST imagery, the team has revealed: Clumps of star formation [...]
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 – Theory. Their groundbreaking study, “Strong-Field Gravity Tests with the Double Pulsar”, published in Physical Review X in 2021, presents the [...]
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 from 2% to 20% - is attributed to turbulent plasma swirling near the black hole’s event horizon. This insight is [...]
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 Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) observed powerful bursts of energy from the young star HIP 67522—coinciding with the orbit of [...]
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 Radio Astronomy), Prof. Dempsey is a distinguished radio astronomer and proven leader. She will succeed Prof. Philip Diamond in May [...]
VLBI proposals for observing at 3mm wavelength (86 GHz) using: the VLBA, GBT*, APEX, EFFELSBERG, PICO VELETA, NOEMA, ONSALA,METSAEHOVI, YEBES, and KVN telescopes should be submitted by 30 JULY 2025 (UT 21:00) GMVA proposals submitted by the 2025 July 30 deadline will be considered for scheduling in 2026 Session I (April 16 - 21), Session [...]
The ACME WP6 (Training for scientists and engineers) led by Natalie Webb and Heidi Korhonen has opened the second call to host ACME training events. This call is for one online and one in person training event. The online event should take place around May-June 2026 and the in person event around September 2026. For [...]
The SKAO Science Meeting 2025 successfully concluded in Görlitz, Germany, bringing together over 600 participants from 26 countries in person and online. The week-long event featured more than 200 talks and 150 posters, highlighting global preparations for early science with the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescopes. Participants discussed the latest developments in SKA construction, data [...]
The 3rd ESFRI Stakeholder Forum Meetup was held from 10 to 11 June 2025 in Kraków, Poland, under the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU. The event was strategically scheduled just ahead of the 92nd ESFRI Forum Meeting and brought together a wide range of stakeholders from across Europe’s research infrastructure (RI) landscape [...]
With the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) nearing completion, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is looking ahead to its next major project. Under a new initiative called Expanding Horizons, ESO is inviting proposals from the global scientific community for a next-generation ground-based facility to be developed in the 2040s. The new programme could include a completely [...]