NEWS:Astronomers in the Netherlands catch supernova, observe relativistic expansion (posted 27 January 2010)

Astronomers from JIVE and ASTRON have observed a supernova with peculiar radio emission. In a paper to be published in Nature, the team led by JIVE's Zsolt Paragi reports, for the first time ever, detection of a relativistic outflow in a Type Ic supernova, thus supporting the link with the even more energetic Gamma Ray Bursts. Read the full press release.

NEWS:JIVE director Huib van Langevelde delivers New Year's speech (posted 11 January 2009)

In the traditional New Year's speech, Huib van Langevelde reviewed JIVE's highlights of 2009 and ambitions and challenges for 2010. Download the full text of the speech (PDF).

NEWS:EXPReS hailed as "extraordinarily successful" and influential to SKA design (posted 9 December 2009)

The European Commission concluded their final review of EXPReS (Express Production Real-time e-VLBI Service), hailing the project as "extraordinarily successful" and encouraging the team to "explore any opportunity for further development". Read the full press release.

NEWS:e-EVN aids detection of "extremely prolific supernova factory" (posted 4 December 2009)

The electronic European VLBI Network (e-EVN) was critical in the detection of an "extremely prolific supernova factory" in the buried nucleus of a starburst galaxy last year. The results are published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Read the full press release.

NEWS:European VLBI Network participates in "100 Hours of Astronomy" with live webcast and e-VLBI observations (posted 16 March 2009)

The European VLBI Network (EVN) showcased the e-VLBI astronomical technique in the 100 Hours of Astronomy with a live webcast on Friday 3 April and e-VLBI observations on Friday 3 April and Sunday 5 April. 100 Hours of Astronomy is a cornerstone project of the International Year of Astronomy. Watch the archived webcast or read the full press release.

NEWS:Radio astronomers detect water maser emission from the Saturnian system (posted 5 February 2009)

An international team of radio astronomers, led by JIVE's Sergei Pogrebenko, has discovered that several areas associated with various bodies of the Saturn system demonstrate statistically significant indications of water vapour maser emission. The results are published in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Read the full press release.

NEWS:Marathon e-VLBI images, educational e-VLBI Web site and Virtual Radio Interferometer now available online (posted 28 January 2009)

A "movie" of the sequential, automatically-generated images and three hand-crafted images (image 1, image 2, image 3) of the target source J0204+1514, observed during the "marathon" e-VLBI observation 15-16 January, are now available. This observation was demonstrated live during the International Year of Astronomy Opening Ceremony along with an educational web site about e-VLBI and Virtual Radio Interferometer, both of which are also available online.

NEWS:Radio astronomers conduct marathon observation with world-sized telescope (posted 13 January 2009)

17 radio telescopes around the world will conduct a nearly continuous 33-hour observation as part of a demonstration at the opening ceremony for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Paris 15-16 January. Read more.

All previous JIVE news items can be found in the JIVE news archive.