IVS colleagues and others: The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) is recruiting a Postdoctoral researcher in Astrophysics to join the project MuSES (Multi-messenger Studies of Extragalactic Super-colliders) led by Prof. Yuri Kovalev (ERC grant No 101142396). The project will study the physical processes near supermassive black holes that are responsible for launching and propagating relativistic jets in […]
An article by Lucia McCallum was recently published in The Conversation, on how spectrum frequency issues cause problems for VLBI. Please share with colleagues in the IVS and related fields to foster awareness; the article was written for a general audience. English: Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the […]
The application period for the 5th IVS Training School on VLBI for Geodesy and Astrometry begins today, August 15. The school will take place from October 26 to 28, 2025, at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Applications should be submitted via the Chalmers event webpage at https://indico.chalmers.se/event/366/registrations/33/. The deadline for the application submission is 15th of […]
The thirteenth biennial IVS Technical Operations Workshop (TOW) was held in May 2025 at MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, Massachusetts. At this year’s workshop were some 64 people representing 13 different countries. The TOW is focused on hands-on training and problem resolution in VLBI operations and is thus geared toward the technical staff members at operational and […]
The latest VEX2 definition, courtesy NRAO, is now mirrored on this site: https://vlbi.org/vlbi-standards/vex/.
The 2024 International VLBI Technology Workshop (IVTW) was held at MIT Haystack Observatory this year! The program and presentation materials are available at https://www.haystack.mit.edu/ivtw2024. Great talks, fantastic discussions, far too much food—and the best weather we could ask for. See you at the next one! 🙂
Thank you to the many presenters and participants at the wonderful IVS General Meeting 2024, which was held in March in Tsukuba, Japan. And a special thank-you from the entire IVS to our excellent hosts and organizers for making this an excellent event for all. The icebreaker, opening ceremony, informative sessions, anniversary celebration, excursions, and […]
MIT Haystack Observatory has announced the dates for the 9th annual International VLBI Technology Workshop, to be held this fall at Haystack. The dates are October 21–23, 2024. The scope of this technology workshop aims to encompass all areas of VLBI hardware and software development. This coming IVTW will be held in person only. More […]
Members of the IVS are gathering in Tsukuba, Japan, for the 13th IVS General Meeting as well as a special anniversary program, celebrating 25 years of the IVS! Details and photos will be provided here. We would like to thank the organizing committees and participants for in advance hosting this significant milestone event for the […]
Courtesy Nlingi Habana (thank you!). Citation: Hudson, et al. (2023)Title: Orbital Configurations of Spaceborne Interferometers for Studying Photon Rings of Supermassive Black HolesDOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.09.035 Synopsis: “The inclusion of baselines exceeding the diameter of the Earth and observation at as short a wavelength as possible is imperative for further development of high resolution astronomical observations. This can be achieved by a […]
