The SKA Observatory has announced the appointment of Prof. Jessica Dempsey as its next Director-General, following a rigorous international selection process and final decision by the SKAO Council. Currently Director of ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy), Prof. Dempsey is a distinguished radio astronomer and proven leader. She will succeed Prof. Philip Diamond in May [...]
VLBI proposals for observing at 3mm wavelength (86 GHz) using: the VLBA, GBT*, APEX, EFFELSBERG, PICO VELETA, NOEMA, ONSALA,METSAEHOVI, YEBES, and KVN telescopes should be submitted by 30 JULY 2025 (UT 21:00) GMVA proposals submitted by the 2025 July 30 deadline will be considered for scheduling in 2026 Session I (April 16 - 21), Session [...]
The ACME WP6 (Training for scientists and engineers) led by Natalie Webb and Heidi Korhonen has opened the second call to host ACME training events. This call is for one online and one in person training event. The online event should take place around May-June 2026 and the in person event around September 2026. For [...]
With the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) nearing completion, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is looking ahead to its next major project. Under a new initiative called Expanding Horizons, ESO is inviting proposals from the global scientific community for a next-generation ground-based facility to be developed in the 2040s. The new programme could include a completely [...]
For the first time, astronomers have detected phosphorus-bearing molecules—key ingredients of DNA and RNA—in a cold, starless core, one of the earliest phases of star formation. Using the IRAM 30-meter and Yebes 40-meter telescopes, researchers identified phosphorus mononitride (PN), phosphorus monoxide (PO), and the phosphorus oxide ion (PO⁺) in a pristine interstellar cloud 1,000 light-years [...]
The 10th International VLBI Technology Workshop (IVTW2025) will be held October 21–25, 2025, in Gothenburg, Sweden, hosted by Chalmers University of Technology and Onsala Space Observatory. The workshop will cover a broad range of topics in VLBI technology, including station systems, frontend/backend developments, recording and correlation techniques, image processing, RFI strategies, and future space VLBI [...]
MeerKAT, South Africa’s premier radio telescope, has successfully completed its first full Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observation with the European VLBI Network (EVN)—the world’s most sensitive VLBI system. This milestone marks a major advance in global radio astronomy, significantly boosting the resolution and sensitivity of observations. By integrating MeerKAT into EVN operations, researchers captured [...]
This is the first announcement of the 11th IRAM 30-meter School on Millimetre Astronomy that will take place on October 31st to November 7th in Granada, Spain. On-line registration will open shortly. The school will combine lectures on millimetre astronomy with observations using the 30-meter telescope. Lectures will be given by experienced scientists and 30-meter observers, covering a wide range [...]
The latest issue of the AtLAST newsletter is now available, announcing the successful completion of the EU-funded design study and the launch of the project’s second phase. Supported by a new EU research infrastructure grant, AtLAST2 will focus on consolidating the scientific and technical plans for the future submillimeter observatory. The newsletter provides updates on [...]
Proposals for observing time are now invited for the 2025APR semester for the: ASKAP radio telescope; Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA); Murriyang, the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Tidbinbilla 70-m and 34-m antennas; and Long Baseline Array (VLBI). The deadline for all proposals is 07:00 UT (17:00 Sydney local time) on Tuesday, 17 June 2025. All proposals must be submitted using the online proposal application [...]