RadioNet newsletter 01/2022 issued
The RadioNet newsletter 01/2022 has just been issued. Read it here.
IAA seminar on Cosmological QUOKKAS
On January 25, 2022, 12:30 CET the IAA seminar Cosmological QUOKKAS: Proof of concept and early results on the Hubble Constant tension takes place. Dr. Jeff Hodgson will talk bout Quokkas, Hubble constant, and 3C84. Join the meeting at via zoom or via live streaming. More information here.
Open Max Planck Society Call for APEX Proposals
In this call, proposals for APEX observing requests for the period from 16 March to 17 August 2022 are solicited. Detailed information can be found in the Call for Proposals. Proposals should be submitted as a single PDF file using the latex templates provided here. In 2022, the MPIfR has access to 49% of the [...]
Images at the Highest Angular Resolution in Astronomy
An international team of researchers including several scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) has obtained an image of radio emission in the active galaxy OJ 287 at an angular resolution of 12 micro arcseconds, which is presently the highest resolution achieved in astronomical observations. This has been made possible with the [...]
New EVN Support+ programme
JIVE/EVN has initiated a pilot programme to provide extended support to teams new to the EVN, with little or no direct VLBI experience. This includes the scheduling of the VLBI run and the VLBI-specific parts of the data reduction. Read more here. Image: © Paul Boven / JIVE.
Dark and Quiet Skies II for Science and Society Working Group Reports Published
In October 2021 more than 700 people from 76 countries took part in the United Nations/Spain/International Astronomical Union Conference on Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society online. The results of this meeting are contained in the reports, which are now available online. These reports discuss the feasibility of implementing adequate measures to mitigate [...]
ALMA catches “intruder” redhanded in rarely detected stellar flyby event
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) made a rare detection of a likely stellar flyby event in the Z Canis Majoris (Z CMa) star system. An intruder—not bound to the system—object came in close proximity to and interacted with the environment surrounding the binary [...]
Two ERC Starting Grants awarded to (space) weather research projects with the LOFAR radio telescope
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded two of its prestigious Starting Grants to ASTRON scientists for research projects using the LOFAR radio telescope. One project will use LOFAR to create detailed images of lightning on Earth, the other aims to detect space weather events and magnetic fields around exoplanets. Read more on the ASTRON [...]
ERC awards €619m in its first research grants under Horizon Europe
Following the first call for proposals under the EU’s new R&I programme, Horizon Europe, €619 million will be invested in excellent projects dreamed up by scientists and scholars. The selected proposals cover all disciplines of research, from the medical applications of artificial intelligence, to the science of controlling matter by using light, to designing a [...]
ASTRON-JIVE 2022 Summer Research Programme Opens Applications
The Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) announce up to 7 grants for students to participate in the ASTRON/JIVE 2022 Summer Research Programme. The ASTRON-JIVE Programme is an opportunity for students with astronomy, physics, computer science or comparable backgrounds to spend the summer (10-12 weeks) at world-leading [...]