We are launching a new support for Ukrainian tech SMEs and start-ups. 🇺🇦 The #EUeic has announced to make €20 million of funding available to help Ukrainian innovators grow, scale and better integrate in European markets. Call opens 12 August. More ➡️ tinyurl.com/2f8dmpj7

For the first time, astronomers have caught the birth of a brand-new solar system! Using both the ALMA telescope and JWST, scientists captured a stunning image of HOPS-315, a baby star about 1,300 light-years away that is just beginning to form planets. It is essentially a snapshot of a solar system being born, offering a unique glimpse of what our own Solar System might have looked like in its earliest days. So, how do we know this is the beginning? In our own Solar System, the first solid materials to form (the earliest building blocks of planets) are found inside ancient meteorites. These tiny rocks contain special minerals that only form at extremely high temperatures, like those near a young star. One of those minerals is made from silicon monoxide (SiO), which starts out as gas and eventually turns into solid crystals. Here is the amazing part. Scientists have now seen that same process happening around HOPS-315. They have detected silicon monoxide both as gas and as crystals, which means they have caught it in the act of turning solid. This is the first time this early stage of planet-building has ever been observed outside our own Solar System. In other words, the clock just started ticking for HOPS-315, and we are witnessing the beginning of worlds. 📷 1: ALMA image of HOPS-315 Together with data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), these observations show that hot minerals are beginning to solidify. In orange we see the distribution of carbon monoxide, blowing away from the star in a butterfly-shaped wind. In blue we see a narrow jet of silicon monoxide, also beaming away from the star. These gaseous winds and jets are common around baby stars like HOPS-315. ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al. 📷 2: This image shows jets of silicon monoxide (SiO) blowing away from the baby star HOPS-315. The blue jet is moving towards us, and the red one is moving away. ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al.

Members of the public joins first Open Day for 2025 at Karoo Site The SARAO Public Open Day is aimed at allowing members of the public to visit the MeerKAT radio telescope and other instruments that are hosted on the Karoo site. sarao.ac.za/news/members-of-…

Boost your organisation's research capacity with @MSCActions Staff Exchanges! Funded participants can: 🟡 Dive into research & training 🟡 Engage in interdisciplinary learning 🟡 Expand their networks abroad. Apply by 8 Oct 2025 ⬇️

When exploring the birth of stars in the era of ELTs, @almaobs will have mapped regions of star formation in detail. Together, ALMA and the Giant Magellan Telescope will create a powerful ecosystem of tools for US astronomers to see new opportunities in studying planet formation. Discover our synergies: giantmagellan.org/2025/04/27… #giantdiscoveries

🇪🇺🤝🇰🇷 Today, the Republic of Korea joins Horizon Europe. It is the first Asian country to take part. Korean entities can now join and lead research consortia with some of the world’s best research organisations to tackle global challenges together. More info ↓

📢Get to know Horizon Europe (2028-2034). It will fund solutions to real-world challenges, and help improve the lives of 4⃣5⃣0⃣ million Europeans. Discover more: europa.eu/!F68v7J #ThePowerOfTogether #HorizonEU

🛰️ New Frontiers in Astrophysics with @EU_HaDEA's MAUVE, a 16U CubeSat, hosting a 13 cm telescope that will observe hundreds of stars in the UV and visible wavelengths 👉 Read more: hadea.ec.europa.eu/news/meet…

An international research team led by @Astro_Sanne identify a mystifying Long-Period Transient with 100% polarized radio emission, suggesting new type of cosmic radio source: astron.nl/astronomers-uncove…

#BreakingNews 📡We're observing the birth of a PLANETARY SYSTEM for the first time! Together with @ESA_Webb @NASAWebb 🛰️, an international team has detected the precise moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun 🔗almaobservatory.org/en/press…

📡We reveal hidden structures in the universe's earliest galaxies. CRISTAL, a Chilean-led program from "núcleo de galaxias", traces cold gas, dust, and starlight in 39 galaxies just a billion years after the Big Bang. 🔗almaobservatory.org/en/press…

Call for abstracts! Abstract submissions open for our AGU25 session "SH021: Radio Observations of Plasma Dynamics from Sun to Earth" agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pre… Wed, 30 July, 2025, 23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC @SolarPapers @CESRA_community @RadioNet_EU @ISWI @theAGU

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Vacant Position – Electrical Supervisor Contract type: Permanent Job Level: Skilled / Middle Management Work Location: Carnarvon, Northern Cape Closing Date: 28 July 2025 Apply online sarao.ac.za/job/electrical-s…

The IAU Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) has launched a Call for Proposals to inspire and encourage people globally to apply astronomy to drive sustainable development. iau.org/Iau/News/Ann2025/ann…

BREAKING: The Trump administration’s budget request just hit Congress and slashes NASA funding to its lowest level since 1961, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science. What happens next? Congress will make the final decision and set the budget. The good news: YOU can help shape that decision. But they need to hear from you. Add your name now to our global petition. This is just the beginning of our fight against these cuts, and you can help. Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition Read the president's budget request for NASA: nasa.gov/fy-2026-budget-requ…

📡📡"Galaxies battle in ‘cosmic joust’ witnessed by astronomers for the first time" by @CNN edition.cnn.com/2025/05/23/s…

The IAU scientific Symposia programme for 2026 has been announced. iau.org/Iau/News/Ann2025/ann…

🌔 The @esa is seeking input to identify lunar locations of high scientific and operational interest. This is an important opportunity to influence Europe's future Moon missions. 🗓 Deadline: 31 July 2025, 23:59 CEST 🔗 Submit your input: ideas.esa.int/m3#object_afe4…