The world-famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico will be decommissioned and demolished after the conclusion that the facility is at risk of a collapse. This will bring an end to the popular 57-year-old telescope. The decision comes after two major cables failed at the facility within the last few months, causing significant damage to the observatory. The [...]
From 2-6 November, JIVE hosted the online CASA-VLBI workshop, over 200 people from around the world registered for this free workshop. The workshop was entirely educational. The lecture covered a broad range of topics and levels from the basics of CASA, through calibration of VLBI observations, imaging and data processing up to the future of [...]
The German presidency of the Council reached a political agreement with the European Parliament’s negotiators in talks aimed at securing the Parliament's consent to the next multiannual financial framework, the EU’s long-term budget. The agreement complements the comprehensive financial package of €1 824.3 billion negotiated by EU leaders in July, which combines the next multiannual financial framework – €1 074.3 billion – [...]
The ngVLA project is hiring a Science Support Research Associate, a call for proposals in the fourth of a series of the ngVLA Community Studies ProgramCommunity Studies Program will be opened and the ngVLATown Hall will take place on December 16, 2020. The ngVLA project is hiring a Science Support Research Associate. The successful candidate will be an essential part [...]
The first release of data from the Apertif imaging surveys has taken place today. The Apertif imaging team has released science data from the first year of science operations of WSRT-Apertif as the Apertif Data Release 1 (DR1). Now the entire astronomical community can access the data collected by Apertif in its first year of [...]
ESO os looking for a Data and Quality Control Specialist in Paranal, who will engage in the processing and analysis of astronomical data for purposes of data quality control and assurance. Full advertisement here. Application deadline: 29.11.2020
The European Commission on a stakeholder workshop on October 9, 2020 informed about the novelties in Horizon Europe. Among others, the focus was on the Model Grant Agreement, audits and the dissemination of research results. Find here the recorded workshop.
On 9 October, Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth welcomed seven experts as members of the independent Search Committee that will make recommendations to the Commission on the best candidates for the next President of the European Research Council (ERC). Recommendations for this prestigious post will be based on a consultation of the scientific community and an [...]
The Institute of Astronomy and Space Sciences (IA) in collaboration with the University of Manchester and the RadioNet project is glad to announce that the online workshop "Exploiting Archives for Radio Astronomy in the SKA era." will take place on the 23rd, 24th, 25th of November on Zoom platform (only morning sessions). The main goal of [...]
IV RICH Symposium entitled 'Research Infrastructures as engines for maximising impact of Horizon Europe' will take place as virtual event on 12-November 13, 2020. It aims to provide a comprehensive view of possibilities that the European RIs offer in terms of research resources – with particular attention to digital research resources- in order to ensure the [...]