The Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) project has released its May 2026 newsletter, highlighting the transition into the new EU-funded AtLAST2 phase aimed at consolidating plans for the future observatory. Recent activities include continued site characterisation work at Chajnantor in Chile, preparations for future user support services through a community survey, and new studies [...]
The NSF National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) prototype antenna has achieved “first light,” successfully conducting its first astronomical observations independently and together with the NSF Very Large Array in New Mexico. This milestone marks the transition from construction to scientific testing for the prototype, which is validating the [...]
An international team led by the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) has observed unusual flickering in the pulsar PSR B1508+55, revealing structured, filament-like gas in the interstellar medium about 430 light-years from Earth. Using the Effelsberg radio telescope in Germany and FAST in China, the researchers found that the pulsar’s signal is stretched [...]
This year, the 54th edition of YERAC will be hosted by Astrophysics department of the University of Oxford, held in the Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford on August 17-21, 2026. The Astrophysics department in Oxford is a hub for a wide range of radio astronomy and sits in the heart of Oxford, a university city dating [...]
European VLBI Network Call for Proposals Deadline: 1 June 2026 16:00 UTC Observing proposals are invited for the European VLBI Network (EVN). The EVN is a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) network that provides sub-milliarcsecond angular resolution and is operated by an international consortium of institutes. Proposals may include joint e-MERLIN and/or global VLBI observations [...]
Researchers from IRAM and IPAG have announced new results shedding light on how young planetary systems form. Using the NOEMA interferometer together with the IRAM 30-meter telescope, the team studied how accretion streamers (flows of interstellar material) feed protoplanetary disks around newly born stars. Observations of the protostar L1489 IRS reveal that these streamers can [...]
For the first time, the KM3NeT and Pierre Auger Collaborations are opening a call to access KM3NeT and Pierre Auger Observatory data, respectively. This new opportunity has been enabled in the framework of the ACME project. You can find the details of the calls in the corresponding webpages: - KM3NeT : https://www.acme-astro.eu/tna-km3net-22-may-2026/ - Pierre Auger [...]
ASTRON has announced that Prof. Dr. Geoffrey C. Bower will become its new Director as of 1 September 2026, succeeding Prof. Dr. Jessica Dempsey. Currently Director of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii and President of the East Asian Observatory, Prof. Bower brings extensive international leadership experience and a strong scientific background in radio [...]
e-MERLIN/VLBI National Radio Astronomy Facility www.e-merlin.ac.uk [e-merlin.ac.uk] Invitation for Proposals: Cycle-22 Deadline for Receipt of Proposals: 13:59:59 UT on 21st May 2026 Full Details: https://www.e-merlin.ac.uk/observe.html [e-merlin.ac.uk] e-MERLIN requests proposals from the international astronomical community for observations to be made during Cycle-22. Proposals are competitively peer-reviewed under standard STFC rules by the e-MERLIN Time Allocation Committee. Awards [...]
A recent press release from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy reports the first direct evidence of a close pair of supermassive black holes at the center of the galaxy Markarian 501 (Read the press release). Based on more than 20 years of radio observations, researchers identified two distinct particle jets, revealing two black holes [...]