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Open call for the IAC Early-career visitor program

The call for the IAC Early-career visitor program is open. It has two basic and interconnected goals: to promote both individual scientific development during first years of postdoctoral experience and to enhance the role of the IAC as a reference center at an international level. The IAC offers an ideal research and work environment, with [...]

By | 2023-03-23T07:49:12+00:00 March 23rd, 2023|announcement|Comments Off on Open call for the IAC Early-career visitor program

Polish LOFAR Consortium (POLFAR)

This year´s LOFAR Family Meeting will be held in Olsztyn (Poland), from 12 to 16 June. It will cover all the main areas of LOFAR science and use. The conference will feature five days of contributed and invited talks as well as posters. LOFAR Users sessions, Extra Room meetings and other interesting events are planned. [...]

By | 2023-03-21T09:08:20+00:00 March 21st, 2023|announcement|Comments Off on Polish LOFAR Consortium (POLFAR)

MeerKAT discovers a distant galaxy has very large hydrogen atoms

Using the MeerKAT radio telescope to study a distant galaxy towards PKS 1830-211, scientists discovered something unexpected: gas clouds made up of some of the largest hydrogen atoms in the universe, Rydberg atoms. It is the first time scientists observed these hydrogen atoms in a distant galaxy. Read the SARAO media release here. Image: © [...]

By | 2023-02-15T10:24:21+00:00 February 15th, 2023|announcement|Comments Off on MeerKAT discovers a distant galaxy has very large hydrogen atoms

Newsletter of AtLAST published

The February 2023 newsletter of the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) project has been issued. The ongoing EU-funded design study will deliver, in mid-2024, a full feasibility study that considers the technical, operational, environmental, and scientific challenges of building and operating AtLAST. Image: © AtLAST

By | 2023-02-08T08:48:45+00:00 February 8th, 2023|announcement|Comments Off on Newsletter of AtLAST published

IRAM Telescopes: Call for proposals open

The call is open for observing proposals on IRAM telescopes, both the NOEMA interferometer and the 30-meter telescope, for the summer semester 2023. For both observatories, the scheduling period is June 1, 2023 to November 30, 2023. The 30-meter tele- scope will be upgraded in Summer 2023 with observations resuming in early October on a [...]

By | 2023-02-07T13:01:38+00:00 February 7th, 2023|announcement|Comments Off on IRAM Telescopes: Call for proposals open

ALMA Cycle 10 Pre-Announcement

A Call for Proposals (CfP) with detailed information on Cycle 10 is anticipated to be issued in April 2023, and the deadline for proposal submission will be in May 2023.  The purpose of this pre-announcement is to highlight aspects of the CfP to assist with early planning. The anticipated proposal submission deadline for Cycle 10 [...]

By | 2023-01-25T11:07:00+00:00 January 25th, 2023|announcement|Comments Off on ALMA Cycle 10 Pre-Announcement

The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa receives prestigious award of the Royal Astronomical Society

The MeerKAT team is awarded the Group Award of the Royal Astronomical Society for a series of spectacular observations in radio astronomy, the highlight being the images of the Galactic Centre region and the spectacular radio bubbles. In addition, the MeerKAT team have supported the development of science and technology in Africa and stress-tested technology [...]

By | 2023-01-16T15:36:35+00:00 January 16th, 2023|announcement, press release|Comments Off on The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa receives prestigious award of the Royal Astronomical Society