RadioNet Newsletter 2/2022 issued
The RadioNet newsletter 2/2022 has been issued. Read here.
Call for Proposals on IRAM Telescopes
The IRAM telescopes - IRAM 30mTelescope and the NOEMA interferometer - have opened a new call for proposals. For NOEMA, the scheduling period is June 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022. The 30-meter telescope due to an upgrade in Summer 2022 is offered for a period of about 6 weeks in October/November 2022 for shared [...]
Press release JIV-ERIC: Cosmic flashes pinpointed to a surprising location in space
Astronomers have been surprised by the closest source of mysterious flashes in the sky called fast radio bursts. Precision measurements with radio telescopes reveal that the bursts are made among old stars, and in a way that no one was expecting. The source of the flashes, in nearby spiral galaxy M 81, is the closest [...]
International LOFAR Telescope: Open Call to the Worldwide Community
The International LOFAR Telescope has open the call for proposals for the Worldwide Community: Cycle 18: June 01, 2022 – November 30, 2022. Access/funding is offered through the ORP (Opticon RadioNet Pilot) project. Submission only via the online tool NorthStar. Deadline: March 9, 2022, 12 UT
The 100-m radio telescope of the MPIfR: Call for Proposals open
Access to the 100-m radio telescope of the MPIfR, one of the World’s largest fully steerable instrument is open to all qualified astronomers. Use of the instrument by scientists from outside the MPIfR is strongly encouraged. The institute can provide support and advice on project preparation, observation, and data analysis. Access/funding is offered through the [...]
APEX: Open Call for Proposals
Proposals are invited for observations with the APEX telescope. Observations on Swedish time on APEX are supported by the ORP Transnational Access programme. Submission deadline: Friday 13 May 2022 (23:59:59 UTC) Find more information about the call for proposals here. Image: © N. Aros Marzá/ESO
Open call for TGF Fellowship Programme
The Gruber Foundation (TGF) has created the GF Fellowship Programme with the aim of promoting the science of cosmology and other branches of astronomy. TGF provides an amount of $75,000 (US) for Fellowships every year. The next Fellowship starts no later than October 2022. The awarded Fellowship amount is intended as a research grant covering [...]
ESO: Supermassive black hole caught hiding in a ring of cosmic dust
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI) has observed a cloud of cosmic dust at the centre of the galaxy Messier 77 that is hiding a supermassive black hole. The findings have confirmed predictions made around 30 years ago and are giving astronomers new insight into “active galactic nuclei”, some of the [...]
EU publication: Spreading excellence and widening participation impact report
See the report of the Publications Office of the European Union on H2020 results and outlook to Horizon Europe here.
ESO VLT: New planet detected around star closest to the Sun
A team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System. This candidate planet is the third detected in the system and the lightest yet discovered orbiting this star. At just a quarter of Earth’s mass, [...]