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The black hole at the centre of a nearby galaxy is growing exceptionally fast, and is producing a burst of radio emission that has never been observed before. With characteristics that are expected in the early Universe, this unique galaxy provides important insights into the processes that governed the growth of the first black holes. more

Fluctuations in brightness and the elongated appearance of a stellar remnant indicate that its radiation is being scattered within an unidentified interstellar cloud located 430 light-years from Earth. more

At the center of the galaxy Markarian 501, there appears to be not just one supermassive black hole, but two. Radio observations over several years suggest that the duo could merge in as short as 100 years. more

A team of German and Australian astronomers found evidence that some of the fastest-spinning stars in the Universe broadcast radio waves from far beyond where scientists thought possible. more

New radio observations of molecular gas reveal how dozens of galaxies rapidly merge together in the early Universe. more

Observations with the Event Horizon Telescope enable researchers to localize the likely base of the central outflow in a massive galaxy
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Engineers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (IAF) are expanding the observation capabilities of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a network of radio telescopes in Chile's Atacama Desert. Newly developed low-noise amplifiers enable the construction of receivers that can detect radio waves with unprecedented sensitivity. more

Observations of five young stars in the Ophiuchus region with the James Webb Space Telescope more

Multi-year Event Horizon Telescope observations capture evolving polarization patterns around the supermassive black hole and reveal radio emission from the jet base more

Solving a Long-Standing Mystery of Extreme Blazars more

Observations with the Event Horizon Telescope show deviations from established models of jets in the vicinity of supermassive black holes more

Detection with the Deep-Sea Telescope KM3Net from the abyss of the Mediterranean Sea more

Multi-year analysis of observations of the supermassive black hole M87* with the Event Horizon Telescope more

An international team of scientists detected the flare with the James Webb Space Telescope more

Two networks of telescopes zoom in on galaxy NGC 1052 more

Multi-wavelength Campaign with Effelsberg and mm-VLBI Arrays Reveals a High-energy Gamma-ray Flare more

Researchers explore the low-frequency gravitational wave universe with MeerKAT more

A million radio sources probe the motion of the solar system and provide a fundamental test of cosmology more

Event Horizon Telescope Advances to Submillimeter Observations more

Astronomers find and study multiple rare and unusual pulsars in dense stellar cluster using MeerKAT in South Africa and the U.S. Green Bank Telescope more

The rapid decay of a magnetar’s precession after an X-ray outburst likely rules out free precession as their origin more

Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way’s Central Black Hole more

The handover of the first dish of the MeerKAT extension signals an important milestone for the SKA-MID construction more

First observations of the radio galaxy Perseus A with the Event Horizon Telescope more

The SKA-MPIfR Telescope in South Africa is ready for science operations more

MeerKAT uncovers a mysterious object at the boundary between black holes and neutron stars more

Improved observations one year after the discovery image give a better picture more

A universal relation for pulsars, magnetars and potentially fast radio bursts more

New M87* results from the Event Horizon Telescope more

A telescope larger than the Earth has found a plasma rope in the Universe more