The Office of Astronomy for Development has published a document that provides a synthesis of efforts and roles played by scientists who are usually working in areas not related to infectious diseases, especially astronomers, in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on development. See it here.
Seminars of the EVN held in the series “The sharpest view of the Radio Universe” are all available in the “Jive and the EVN” channel in youtube.
The call for FAST Science Observing Proposals is open. Users of any nationalities or affiliations are invited to submit proposals between 16:00 UT on March 30, 2021 and 16:00 UT on May 15, 2021 through the website.
The Onsala Space Observatory will open a Call for APEX proposals from March 30, 2021. You will find the call text and details here. Deadline: May 6, 2021.
As of March 12, 2021, Italy has become a member of the JIVE European Research Infrastructure Consortium. By joining the JIVE ERIC entity, Italy supports the sustainability of a strong institute for VLBI science, serving as the operational hub of the European VLBI Network and guarding the interests of the global radio-astronomical user community. Find [...]
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of the M87 galaxy: how it looks in polarised light. This is the first time astronomers have been able to measure polarisation, a signature of magnetic fields, [...]
On March 25, 2021 from 15.00-16.00 CET the Radboud University will give the webinar “Imaging Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87’s Black Hole”. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of the M87 galaxy: [...]
e-MERLIN invites the astronomical community to submit observing proposals for Cycle 12. Proposals are competitively peer-reviewed under standard STFC rules by the Programme Allocation of Telescope Time (PATT) e-MERLIN Time Allocation Group. Allocation will be made on the basis of scientific merit and technical feasibility alone. The call is open now and closes May 13, 2021. Find all details on [...]
In this school the students will do a project using data available either in the ESO or ALMA archive. The project is lead by an experienced tutor who will guide the students in retrieving, reducing and analysing the data. The school also includes basic lectures on ESO and ALMA, as well as lectures on different [...]
The EC webinar How to prepare a successful proposal in Horizon Europe, will take place on March 24, 2021, 10:00-16:15. Find the agenda and all information here. You can register here.