News Research News Research News Artificial intelligence sharpens the view into space August 30, 2021 New research cluster combines radio astronomy and data science in North Rhine-Westphalia more GLOSTAR - tracing atomic and molecular gas in the Milky Way July 22, 2021 Two powerful telescopes provide the most detailed radio maps of the Northern Galactic Plane more Into the Dark Heart of Centaurus A July 19, 2021 Event Horizon Telescope exposes the center of the nearest radio galaxy more A new telescope to study Einstein’s theory and Nature’s most compact objects May 06, 2021 Using the South African MeerKAT telescope, astronomers started to systematically explore binary pulsars for tests of gravity more The Discovery of 8 New Millisecond Pulsars April 28, 2021 South Africa’s MeerKAT Radio Telescope explored the central re-gions of globular clusters in search of very weak pulsars more Multifrequency Observations of M87* April 14, 2021 Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of the famous black hole more The Opticon-RadioNet Pilot Project (ORP) is launched March 25, 2021 Kick-off for Europe’s largest astronomy network more EHT Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M 87’s Black Hole March 24, 2021 Event Horizon Telescope Observations of Polarised Radio Emission of the Supermassive Object in the Centre of M87 more SOFIA/GREAT observations offer new insights into star formation March 17, 2021 The flying observatory was stationed at Cologne Bonn Airport until 16 March 2021 more Astronomers see whirlwind around possible exoplanet-in-the-making January 21, 2021 MATISSE observations of the asymmetrical inner disk of HD 163296 more The Opticon-RadioNet Pilot Project (ORP) December 22, 2020 European Commission facilitates use of European telescopes more INAF joins the MeerKAT+ Project December 17, 2020 The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft welcome the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica as partner on the MeerKAT extension project more An astonishing new three-dimensional view of the dense interstellar gas in our Milky Way December 03, 2020 SEDIGISM, a survey with the APEX telescope, studies molecular clouds and star formation in the inner galaxy more The Distances of the Stars November 19, 2020 Resolving Long-standing Mysteries About the First Parallaxes in Astronomy more The ring around the M 87* black hole shadow glitters September 22, 2020 Turbulent evolution of the M 87* black hole image from 2009 to 2017 more The MeerKAT Extension Project September 16, 2020 Improvement of the MeerKAT radio telescope array in South Africa by 20 additional dishes more Magnetized gas flows feed a young star cluster August 18, 2020 Polarimetric observations with SOFIA/HAWC+ show the orientation of magnetic field lines more First radio detection of an extrasolar planetary system around a main-sequence star August 04, 2020 VLBA Network Finds Planet Orbiting a Small, Cool Star more A Spiral Galaxy with a Huge Magnetic Field July 21, 2020 New cosmic magnetic field structures discovered in the galaxy NGC 4217 more Confirming Einstein’s Most Fortunate Thought June 10, 2020 Radio Astronomers use a Dance of Three Exotic Stars to Test the Universality of Free Fall more Something is Lurking in the Heart of Quasar 3C 279 April 07, 2020 First Event Horizon Telescope Images of a Black-Hole Powered Jet more Globular cluster billowing in the Galactic wind March 02, 2020 Investigation of pulsars in 47 Tuc provides constraints on the magnetic field in the halo of the Milky Way more Fast rotating white dwarf drags its space-time in a cosmic dance January 30, 2020 How astronomers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to estimate the rotation of a white dwarf in a binary star system more A Repeating Fast Radio Burst from a Spiral Galaxy January 06, 2020 Localisation of a new, recurring source of radio flashes deepens the mystery of their origins more Giant magnetic ropes in the outskirts of a spiral galaxy November 26, 2019 First detection of regular magnetic field reversals in the halo of NGC 4631 more Neutrino produced in a cosmic collider far away October 02, 2019 Link between IceCube neutrino event and distant radio galaxy resolved more Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics to be awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration September 05, 2019 The award recognizes the first image of a black hole with an Earth-sized alliance of telescopes more Pulsar emission map thanks to Einstein September 05, 2019 Radio emission from a neutron star’s magnetic pole revealed by general relativity more A peek at the birth of the universe July 24, 2019 Study on new radio telescope in South Africa more First astrophysical detection of the helium hydride ion April 17, 2019 The GREAT Instrument aboard SOFIA traces a very special molecule more Show more