News

JIVE and the EVN conduct a live e-VLBI demo at a launch event for the newly upgraded ORIENTplus link between Beijing and London.

On 19 March, the 32 meter radio telescope at Irbene, operated by Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center (VIRAC), successfully participated in e-VLBI observations with the EVN.

The Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) led by JIVE has been chosen by the ESA for the science suite of its flagship Jupiter icy moons explorer mission.

ASTRON and JIVE announce the availability of a limited number of grants for their 2013 Summer Student Programme. Deadline for applications is 4 February 2013. Click here for full details.

Director Huib van Langevelde's traditional New Year's speech to JIVE and ASTRON staff highlighted our accomplishments in 2012 and focused on the challenges that lie ahead in 2013.

Key stakeholders convened in the European Parliament earlier this month to launch the African-European Radio Astronomy Platform. JIVE is proud to be a part of the formation of AERAP and looks forward to future collaboration on existing and future radio astronomy projects across Africa.

Want to know more about JIVE? Check out our new movie: "JIVE - Forging a Path to the Future of Radio Astronomy". Click here more information and credits.

JIVE is pleased to announce the first fringes produced by the first prototype of its UniBoard VLBI correlator, a significant milestone in the development of a new operational correlator for the European VLBI Network.

JIVE proved again that it is not restricted by its name, as it welcomed the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa as a member.

The Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) is proud to have received an overall "excellent" rating in its five-year review.