Netherlands Radio Astronomy Community Day, 16 June 2026, Leiden University

Session

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16 Jun 2026, 11:30

GORLB - BM 1.33 (Leiden University)

20. Radio astronomy from lunar robotic outposts and bases: ARCHES DLR/ESA test campaign at Etna in 2022

Bernard Foing

16/06/2026, 11:30

We shall review some science objectives for small radio telescopes arrays that can be deployed from robotic landers, outposts and Moonbases. This covers Earth, solar, Jupiter-Io, solar system targets, flare stars , radio sources and galactic observations. We describe results from field campaigns ROBEX & ARCHES performed by DLR, ESA and partners at Etna (as a lunar site analogue ) with...

21. ALMA2040: The high-definition future of millimeter/submillimeter astronomy

Jacqueline Hodge

16/06/2026, 11:40

In the last 15 years, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)—one of ESO’s flagship facilities—has revolutionized astrophysics with its high-definition view of the cold Universe. Looking ahead another 15 years to the 2040s, many of the most transformative questions in the field will demand a step change in sensitivity and angular resolution at these critical wavelengths. While...

22. The nanohertz gravitational wave sky

Aditya Parthasarathy

16/06/2026, 11:50

Gravitational waves at nanohertz frequencies offer a unique view of the universe on its largest scales, probing supermassive black hole binary populations, galaxy evolution, and potentially exotic cosmological processes. Pulsar timing arrays detect these waves by monitoring the arrival times of radio pulses from ensembles of millisecond pulsars with extraordinary precision over years to...