RadioNet newsletter 08/2024 issued
RadioNet newsletter 08/2024 issued. Read here.
Zooming in on a surprising ring
In a new paper led by Daizhong Liu (Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics), observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) were combined to study the motion of gas within PJ0116-24. ALMA traces cold gas, seen here in blue, whereas the VLT, with its new Enhanced Resolution Imager and [...]
Michiel van Haarlem new LOFAR ERIC Executive Director
The LOFAR ERIC Council has appointed Dr. Michiel van Haarlem as the new LOFAR ERIC Executive Director. Dr. van Haarlem will play a crucial role in representing LOFAR ERIC to stakeholders, ensuring the efficient operation of the LOFAR facilities, and advancing the consortium's mission to coordinate the use of this vital radio astronomy instrument for [...]
RadioNet newsletter 06/2024 issued
The RadioNet newsletter 06/2024 has been issued. Read here.
RadioNet Newsletter 05/2024 issued
The RadioNet Newsletter 05/2024 has just been issued. Read here.
RadioNet Newsletter 04/2024 issued
The RadioNet Newsletter 04/2024 has just been issued. Read here.
First observations of the radio galaxy Perseus A with the EHT
Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has recently resolved the jet base of an evolving jet of plasma at ultra-high angular resolution. The international team of scientists used the Earth-size telescope to probe the magnetic structure in the nucleus of the radio galaxy 3C 84 (Perseus A), one of the closest active supermassive black holes in our [...]
AtLAST newsletter 02/2024 issued
AtLAST is a concept for a next generation 50-meter class single-dish astronomical observatory operating at sub-millimeter and millimeter wavelengths, run as a facility telescope by an international partnership and powered by renewable energy. AtLAST has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 951815 Read here the current [...]
Relaunch of EVN seminars
The EVN announced the relaunch of its virtual seminars. This EVN series of talks focus on the capabilities of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and its significant contributions to different astronomical fields. The first talk is scheduled for 14 February 2024, at 14:00 CET and will be presented by Jack Radcliffe from the University of [...]
Open Call for APEX Proposals
The Max Planck Society call for APEX Proposals is open. See the call here. Deadline: 23 February 2024 (18:00 CET). Image: © ESO, B. Tafreshi