The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $750,000 to a project led by the IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (IAU CPS) to reduce the science impact caused by satellite constellations on astronomical observatories. The IAU CPS, which is co-hosted by NSF NOIRLab and the SKAO, has received a [...]
The call on the IRAM telescopes NOEMA interferometer and 30-meter telescope for the winter semester 2024/2025 is open. Access/funding offered through the ORP (Opticon RadioNet Pilot) project. Submission deadline: 12 September 2024, 17:00 CEST (UT + 2 hours).
In a new paper led by Daizhong Liu (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics), observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) were combined to study the motion of gas within PJ0116-24. ALMA traces cold gas, seen here in blue, whereas the VLT, with its new Enhanced Resolution Imager and [...]
Astronomers find and study multiple rare and unusual pulsars in dense stellar cluster using MeerKAT in South Africa and the U.S. Green Bank Telescope. An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory has discovered ten rapidly [...]
The Max Planck Society call for APEX Proposals is open. See the call here. Deadline: 14 August 2024 (18:00 CEST). Image: © ESO
See here the Annual Report 2023 from JIVE and have overview of JIVE activities over the past year, covering all dimensions of JIVE’s operations.
The LOFAR ERIC Council has appointed Dr. Michiel van Haarlem as the new LOFAR ERIC Executive Director. Dr. van Haarlem will play a crucial role in representing LOFAR ERIC to stakeholders, ensuring the efficient operation of the LOFAR facilities, and advancing the consortium's mission to coordinate the use of this vital radio astronomy instrument for [...]
On 3 July 2024, Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, have signed the agreement that gives Canadian researchers and organisations the opportunity to participate in the programme on equal terms with their EU counterparts. Read more here.
The SKAO has celebrated another construction milestone, with the assembly on Thursday 4 July of the first SKA-Mid telescope dish on site in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. Read more here. Image: © SKAO; A team from the SKAO, SARAO, CETC54 and Power/Adenco were on site in the Northern Cape to carry out the lift.
The European Research Area and Innovation Committee (ERAC ) adopted the ERAC Opinion on Guidance for the next Framework Programme for Research & Innovation. With this ERAC provides advice to the Council, the Commission and the Member States on strategic R&I policy issues and recommendations on the next EU Framework Programme.