UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) have announced that operational funding for the e-MERLIN radio interferometer will not be renewed beyond March 2028. In response, the University of Manchester, which operates e-MERLIN from the Jodrell Bank Observatory, reaffirmed its commitment to working with partners to explore options for securing [...]
The European Astronomical Society (EAS) has opened the Call for Sessions for the EAS Annual Meeting 2027, which will take place 21–25 June 2027 in Vienna, Austria. Researchers are invited to help shape the scientific programme by proposing Symposia, Special Sessions, and Lunch Sessions covering all areas of astronomy and astrophysics. Session proposals can be [...]
The European VLBI Network (EVN) is inviting users and members of the VLBI community to participate in a short anonymous survey ahead of the 17th EVN Symposium and Users' Meeting (14–18 September 2026, Manchester, UK). The survey covers topics including EVN usage, user support at JIVE, future improvements, and travel support, with results to be [...]
The European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has published a new position paper calling for the protection of radio astronomy in the future regulatory framework for the 6425–7125 MHz frequency band. The paper urges the Radio Spectrum Committee to ensure that the needs of European radio astronomy research infrastructures are considered, safeguarding their ability [...]
France has officially become the 14th member state of the SKA Observatory (SKAO), marking a major milestone for the world's largest radio astronomy project. The accession strengthens the Observatory's international partnership and reflects France's long-standing commitment to SKA through scientific expertise, advanced computing, and industrial contributions. French institutions play leading roles in SKA science, exascale [...]
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), and the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) have announced a partnership to develop a pathfinder for the proposed Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). The new instrument will advance very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) technologies, enabling ultra-high-resolution radio observations for both astrophysics and [...]
An international team led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) has discovered a nearby galaxy whose central black hole is undergoing an extraordinary, long-lasting radio outburst unlike anything previously observed. Although located just 1.8 billion light-years away, the rapidly growing, low-mass black hole exhibits properties expected for black holes in [...]
Using ALMA, astronomers uncovered "Shadow Blaster" - a compact, dust-obscured starburst galaxy located within the localization region of the IceCube neutrino event IC 210922A. Thanks to gravitational lensing, researchers revealed an intense, gas-rich core where extreme star formation could generate the conditions needed to produce high-energy neutrinos. While the association is not yet confirmed, the [...]
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have uncovered a huge reservoir of cold molecular gas in the distant galaxy REBELS-25, seen just 700 million years after the Big Bang (z = 7.31). The observations reveal around 100 billion solar masses of star-forming fuel, making [...]
ACME announced: The deadline for the current TNA calls for KM3NeT and Pierre Auger Observatory has been extended until July the 20th, at 12:00 UTC. https://www.acme-astro.eu/tna-km3net-22-may-2026/ https://www.acme-astro.eu/tna-auger-22-may-2026/ This extension provides additional time for researchers to prepare and submit their proposals, and we hope it will encourage even broader participation.