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The Joint VLBI School (JVS) 2025 – registration open

The Joint VLBI School (JVS) 2025 (15-19 Sep 2025) will take place simultaneously at JIVE in Dwingeloo (NL) and the University of Pretoria (SA). Online attendance will also be available for lectures and expert Q&A, though hands-on sessions will primarily be held on-site. Aimed at students and professionals in radio astronomy, JVS 2025 offers in-depth [...]

By | 2025-05-15T08:22:35+00:00 May 15th, 2025|announcement, press release|Comments Off on The Joint VLBI School (JVS) 2025 – registration open

ASTRON Joins the Breakthrough Listen Initatives

ASTRON has joined the Breakthrough Listen projects to enhance the search for technosignatures—potential signs of extraterrestrial intelligence—through the use of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT). This collaboration marks a significant step forward in monitoring the radio sky. With the Westerbork Telescope now fully integrated into the project, the team can continuously monitor the entire [...]

By | 2025-05-14T13:13:13+00:00 May 14th, 2025|announcement, press release|Comments Off on ASTRON Joins the Breakthrough Listen Initatives

EVN Newsletter Released

The new edition of the EVN newsletter has been published, featuring a welcome message from Krzysztof Katarzyński (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland), newly nominated Chair of the EVN CBD for a two-year term. This issue highlights a range of significant scientific achievements, showcasing the breadth and vitality of our community. [Read more here]

By | 2025-05-14T12:57:21+00:00 May 14th, 2025|announcement, press release|Comments Off on EVN Newsletter Released

Sweden and the UK Join LOFAR ERIC

Sweden and the United Kingdom have officially joined LOFAR ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) as full members, following a Council decision on 26 March 2025. This brings the consortium’s total membership to eight countries, marking a major milestone in the growth of Europe’s premier low-frequency radio astronomy network. Both countries have been long-standing collaborators, hosting [...]

By | 2025-05-14T12:16:17+00:00 May 14th, 2025|announcement, press release|Comments Off on Sweden and the UK Join LOFAR ERIC

The 10th International VLBI Technology Workshop

IVTW2025  will take place October 21-25, 2025. The meeting will be hosted by Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, in Gothenburg, Sweden. The scope of the workshop is to encompass all areas of VLBI hardware and software development and techniques on station updates, frontends, backends, recorders, correlation, image processing, potential space VLBI missions and [...]

By | 2025-05-08T18:59:06+00:00 May 8th, 2025|press release|Comments Off on The 10th International VLBI Technology Workshop

SFXC VLBI Software Correlator Workshop

The SFXC workshop is aimed at individuals interested in using the Super FX Correlator ("SFXC") for software correlation of data from their own VLBI instruments (or other long-ish baseline radio interferometers), as well as scientists who want to exploit SFXC's advanced features by doing their own correlation. The workshop will take place over of two [...]

By | 2025-05-08T08:01:59+00:00 May 7th, 2025|press release|Comments Off on SFXC VLBI Software Correlator Workshop

Astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a stellar pair. The surprise discovery was made using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Read more. [...]

By | 2025-04-27T05:01:44+00:00 April 27th, 2025|press release|Comments Off on Astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars

ALMA Reveals Hydrogen Glow Around Planet-Forming Disks in Orion

Most stars form in molecular clusters, with specific environmental conditions dictating how planetary systems develop. Nearby massive stars can also influence by intense ionizing radiation, which can create a shell of ionized gas around a protoplanetary disk and emit unique hydrogen recombination spectral lines. Recently a scientific team led by Ryan Boyden/University of Virginia has [...]

By | 2025-04-27T04:55:42+00:00 April 27th, 2025|announcement, press release|Comments Off on ALMA Reveals Hydrogen Glow Around Planet-Forming Disks in Orion

Commission seeks feedback on the future Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science

The European Commission has launched two consultations on the future European Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science: a Call for Evidence, and a targeted questionnaire for researchers and the broader research and innovation community. The strategy will aim at accelerating the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence. Everyone interested can contribute to the Call for Evidence. Researchers and [...]

By | 2025-04-10T08:57:43+00:00 April 10th, 2025|announcement, press release|Comments Off on Commission seeks feedback on the future Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Science

SKA-Low’s first glimpse of the Universe

The first image from the international SKA Observatory’s telescope in Australia, SKA-Low, has been released on 17 March 2025 – a significant milestone in its quest to reveal an unparalleled view of our Universe. The image shows an area of sky of about 25 square degrees – equivalent to approximately 100 full Moons. In it [...]

By | 2025-03-24T15:51:25+00:00 March 24th, 2025|press release|Comments Off on SKA-Low’s first glimpse of the Universe