On March 12-16, 2023 the IAU symposium 378: Black hole winds at all scales will take place in Haifa/IL. The goal of this IAU symposium is to better understand black hole winds by seeking common physical grounds for different outflows, in both stellar/X-ray binaries and AGN/active galactic black holes, in all wavelengths, and in the [...]
The RadioNet newsletter 10/2022 has just been issued. Read here.
The new visitor center at Onsala Space Observatory opened last month and gives new opportunities to explore both the universe and our own planet. The observatory is one of few places in the world where visitors can come into close contact with gigantic, working telescopes. Read more here. Image: © Anna-Lena Lundqvist; Chalmers President Stefan Bengtsson gave the [...]
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere — barium. They were surprised to discover barium at high altitudes in the atmospheres of the ultra-hot gas giants WASP-76 b and WASP-121 b — two exoplanets, planets which orbit stars outside our [...]
This review describes the latest techniques and algorithms that scientists should know about when analyzing VLBI data. See here on the website od the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute an early access version of the review. The complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon.
The CASA package is now capable of calibrating the majority of VLBI observations. The new tasks and functionalities to process and calibrate VLBI observations - whose implementation has been led by JIVE - are described in a paper published in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP) journal. In addition to a [...]
Eight years after its first antenna was inaugurated in 2014, the major astronomical project is now complete: NOEMA is now the new major facility for radio astronomy in Europe. It consists of twelve 15-meter antennas that can be moved along tracks up to a distance of 1.7 kilometers, making it a powerful new tool for [...]
The RadioNet newsletter issue 09/2022 has been just issued. Read here.
The ERIS 2022 took place on 19-23 September 2022 in Dwingeloo/NL, hosted by JIVE and ASTRON. Over 70 students participated and had a week of lectures and tutorials on how to achieve scientific results from radio interferometry. Read here the JIV-ERIC news article.
The e-Merlin call for proposals for Cycle 15 is now open. Details specific to Cycle 15 are available here. Use the e-MERLIN proposal tool to submit your proposal. Access/funding is offered through the ORP (Opticon RadioNet Pilot) project. Submission deadline: November 3, 2022, 13:59:59 UT