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Fringes at 3.5 mm Wavelength Between APEX and Effelsberg!

A symbolic moment in millimetre-wave VLBI at the Max-Planck-Institute für Radioastronomie (MPIfR): For the first time, the 12-meter APEX telescope in Chile and the 100-meter Effelsberg radio telescope in Germany have successfully detected VLBI fringes between them. Both telescopes are operated by the MPIfR). APEX, located at 5100 m altitude on the Chajnantor Plateau in [...]

By | 2025-05-26T12:18:14+00:00 May 26th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Fringes at 3.5 mm Wavelength Between APEX and Effelsberg!

CPS Newsletter #1

The IAU Centre for the protection of the Dark and Quiet Skys from Satellites Constellation Interface (IAU CPS) has published the first edition of the CPS members newsletter. Read more.

By | 2025-04-01T10:12:30+00:00 April 1st, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on CPS Newsletter #1

EU: SHE FIGURES 2024 published

Equality in research and innovation (R&I) is a core value of the European Union, essential for fostering excellence, diversity, and inclusiveness. Since its first publication in 2003, the She Figures report serves as a key source of comparable, Europe-wide statistics on gender equality in Research and Innovation. In line with previous editions, She Figures 2024 [...]

By | 2025-02-14T10:45:50+00:00 February 14th, 2025|Uncategorized|Comments Off on EU: SHE FIGURES 2024 published

BRAND receiver successfully tested

Initially developed in 2020 under the RadioNet project (EC GA 730562), the BRAND (BRoad bAND) receiver has been successfully tested and partially commissioned at the Effelsberg 100-meter radio telescope, marking a significant advancement in radio astronomy. Designed by Gino Tuccari (INAF) with contributions from MPIfR, OSO, ASTRON, Yebes Observatory, and Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre, [...]

By | 2024-12-20T05:41:08+00:00 December 20th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on BRAND receiver successfully tested

First ever binary star found near our galaxy’s supermassive black hole

An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. It is the first time a stellar pair has been found in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole. The discovery, based on data collected by the European Southern Observatory’s [...]

By | 2024-12-18T09:01:28+00:00 December 18th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on First ever binary star found near our galaxy’s supermassive black hole

Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy

“For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way,” says Keiichi Ohnaka, an astrophysicist from Universidad Andrés Bello in Chile. Located a staggering 160 000 light-years from us, the star WOH G64 was imaged thanks to the impressive sharpness offered [...]

By | 2024-11-27T09:07:50+00:00 November 27th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy

ACME project started

The EU-funded project ACME (Astrophysics Centre for Multimessenger Studies in Europe) officially launched on 1 September 2024. ACME aims to achieve a coordinated, Europe-wide optimization of accessibility and cohesion among leading astroparticle and astronomy research infrastructures. It offers access to cutting-edge instruments, data, and expertise, with a focus on advancing multi-messenger astrophysics. The project brings [...]

By | 2024-10-01T12:14:24+00:00 October 1st, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on ACME project started

Second-Generation Starlink Satellites Leak 30 Times More Radio Interference, Threatening Astronomical Observations

Observations with the LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) radio telescope last year showed that first generation Starlink satellites emit unintended radio waves that can hinder astronomical observations. New observations with the LOFAR radio telescope, the biggest radio telescope on Earth observing at low frequencies, have shown that the second generation ’V2-mini’ Starlink satellites emit up to [...]

By | 2024-09-18T08:39:47+00:00 September 18th, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Second-Generation Starlink Satellites Leak 30 Times More Radio Interference, Threatening Astronomical Observations