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The first LOFAR paper to make the pages of Science is about the bizarre pulsar PSR B0943+10, whose unexpected changes of state in both radio and X-rays are showing us that we really don’t understand pulsar magnetospheres. You can read … Continue reading →

The galaxy M87 as seen by LOFAR (radio emission is show in yellow/orange, visible light in blue/white). At the centre, the brightest radio emission shows where the jet powered by the supermassive black hole is located. Credit: Francesco de Gasperin, … Continue reading →

Galaxy cluster Abell 2256: a cosmic collision on a huge scale. Credit: ASTRON/R. J. van Weeren An international team of astronomers has used the International LOFAR Telescope to study the formation of the galaxy cluster Abell 2256. This cluster of … Continue reading →

Scientists from the International LOFAR Telescope (ILT) today announced the kick-off of the project’s first all-sky survey at low radio frequencies and its first open call for observing proposals from the international astronomical community. See complete press release at Onsala … Continue reading →

The Swedish LOFAR station will be opened in September by education minister and deputy prime minister Jan Björklund. The inauguration ceremony, which will take place at Onsala Space Observatory on 26 September 2011, will mark the opening of the country’s … Continue reading →

We now have a finished field of LBA antennas and the station is already complete. Leif will doubtless update with the facts and figures. In the meantime, this is a picture I took yesterday afternoon of the new LBA field … Continue reading →

  HBA field is finally installed, last tile placed June 22 2011. All the tools have been sent to the next installation site, which starts a week from now at Kilpisjärvi, Finland. All LBA meches have been placed, and 69 LBA … Continue reading →

73 tiles installed, 24 more to go next week 192 markers positioned for LBA antennas 47 LBA meshes placed and anchored Four LBA antennas erected The fence installation have started,  and now two meter high fence poles is surrounding the … Continue reading →