Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study planet formation have made the first-ever detection of gas in a circumplanetary disk. The detection also suggests the presence of a very young exoplanet. The results of the research are published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Read the ALMA article ALMA Makes First-Ever Detection of Gas in a Circumplanetary [...]
The Annual Report on Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union and Monitoring of Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 in 2021 has been issued on August 5, 2022.
Scientists at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have imaged the distant blazar J1924-2914 with unprecedented angular resolution, revealing previously unseen details of the source structure. The images reveal a helically bent jet emerging from a compact quasar core; EHT scientists managed to map the linearly polarized emission in the inner part of the J1924-2914 quasar. [...]
The call is open for observing proposals on IRAM telescopes, both the NOEMA interferometer and the 30-meter telescope, for the winter semester 2022/23. For both observatories, the scheduling period is December 01, 2022 to May 31, 2023. Access/funding offered through the ORP (Opticon RadioNet Pilot) project. Submission deadline: September 15, 2022, 17:00 CEST (UT + [...]
The RadioNet newsletter 07/2022 has just been issued. Read here.
The JIVE Council is seeking the next Director of JIVE. The position is initially for five years, with possible renewal. The deadline for application has been extended to August 21, 2022, 23:59 UTC. JIVE is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium recently established by the EC to support the European VLBI Network (EVN). JIVE currently has [...]
The EC made public the final Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment on July 20, 2022. The agreement sets a shared direction for changes in assessment practices for research, researchers and research performing organisations, with the overarching goal to maximise the quality and impact of research. You can download the final agreement here. Read the EC [...]
The ESCAPE Final Event, the conference ESCAPE to the future will take place on October 25-26, 2022 in Brussels/BE. Participants can join the conference in person or through remote connection. Limit of participants in person: 150; registration is open until September 24, 2022. More here.
The European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting (EAS) 2023 will take place from July 10 to 14, 2023 in Krakow, Poland. The call for sessions is out, you find relevant information here. Deadline: September 30, 2022. Proposals should be submitted via online.
ASTRONET first started in 2005 as a consortium of European funding agencies and research organisations and is now a self-sustained group of funding agencies and associated bodies. The network aims at encouraging a common science vision for all of European astronomy. Astronet is working on the next Science Vision and Infrastructure Roadmap to include all [...]