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CoCoNuT Meeting 2026, September 8-11, at University of Southampton

The CoCoNuT Meeting is a series of workshops aimed at fostering collaboration among relativistic astrophysics groups, especially within Europe. The series has been taking place yearly since 2009, and this edition will be hosted at the University of Southampton (United Kingdom).

This edition will focus on Magnetohydrodynamics, particularly in the context of core-collapse supernovae, neutron star mergers, and magnetars. The different topics will be introduced by the invited speakers, followed by contributed talks.

There will also be a day-0 Workshop on the 8th of September about machine learning applications in numerical relativity, jointly organised with members of the CPP-UKNR community. During registration, please mention if you want to attend only the workshop or the CoCoNuT meeting, or both.

The meeting will take place at the Mathematical Sciences Student Centre (Building 56) of the University of Southampton.

Meeting Website

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TeV Particle Astrophysics 2026, August 30 to September 4, 2026 in Tendo, Japan

We are pleased to invite you to attend the TeV Particle Astrophysics Conference (TeVPA 2026), which will take place from August 30 to September 4, 2026, in Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

The conference will bring together researchers working across astroparticle physics, astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics. TeVPA 2026 aims to provide a broad forum for discussing recent results, ongoing developments, and future directions in the field.

Important Dates

  • Registration and abstract submission open: February 18 (Wed), 2026
  • Abstract submission deadline: April 20 (Mon), 2026
  • Early-bird and student discount registration deadline: June 15 (Mon), 2026
  • Registration deadline: July 13 (Mon), 2026
  • Pre-conference workshop: August 30 (Sun), 2026
  • Conference: August 31 (Mon) – September 4 (Fri), 2026
    All deadlines are at 14:00 JST (Japan Standard Time, UTC+9; no daylight saving time).

Scientific Topics

  • Cosmic rays
  • Cosmology
  • Dark matter
  • Extragalactic sources
  • Galactic sources
  • Gamma-ray and neutrino astronomy
  • Gravitational waves and multimessenger astrophysics
  • Particle physics

Conference Website

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5th MaNiTou Summer School on Gravitational Waves, June 29 to July 4, 2026, Campus Valrose

The school is collaboratively organized by scientific communities involved in Gravitational Waves, from 3 French locations in Southern France, namely Marseille, Nice and Toulouse, thus the MaNiTou name for the school.

The school will take place in Nice this year, on the beautiful Valrose Campus of Université Côte d'Azur (see here). It will be held in English.

Goals of the school

The school will cover the emerging field of gravitational wave detection and of its scientific exploitation. Following their discovery by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration, many other gravitational wave detections are expected at the existing and future gravitational antennas. They will open up a new window of exploration, sometimes unique and sometimes complementary to what other messengers such as electromagnetic radiation (radio, IR, visible, UV, X-rays, gamma rays) and neutrinos can reveal of the physics at work in our Universe. The objective of the school is to provide the students with a solid introduction to most aspects of this interdisciplinary field in accelerated expansion 🙂

The school is open in priority to Master and PhD students, and also to young or not so young scientists who would like to get better acquainted with Gravitational Waves.

For attendees to fully benefit from the school program, it is highly recommended that they have had at least an introductory exposure to General Relativity before. We also strongly suggest that prior to attending the school, the participants read some of the references that can be found here.
School organization

In order to make the School efficient for the attendees in terms of knowledge transfer and training interaction with the scientists in charge of the different activities of the school, the attendance is limited to about 70 participants, not including organizers and teachers. If more than 70 people apply to the School, a selection will be applied based on the criteria outlined on the registration page.

The School has no online attendance option. All participants are expected to attend in-person.

No fee is required to attend the School.

The School will provide coffee breaks and lunches to all participants. Dinners, travel and accommodation expenses are not covered.

However, accommodation free of charge will be provided by the CROUS at Valrose Campus for up to 50 master and PhD students who request it in the registration form. For more information about this opportunity and the selection, please see the accommodation section on this webpage.

Moreover, since the school is labelled by CNRS as “Ecole Thématique”, the expenses to attend the school for CNRS employees (staff CNRS people and people with a CNRS term contract [PhD student, Postdoc,…]) will also be covered. Please do not forget to mention in the registration form if that case applies to you!
Poster sessions

Posters sessions will be organized during the school so that the attendees can display posters describing their research work and results and discuss them with the other school participants.
Apply to the school

To apply, please go to the Registration (Inscription) tab or directly follow the link here

Pre-registration will be open from February 20th to April 10th.
The pre-registered candidates will be informed of the result of the selection process during the first week of May.

School Website

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The Interplay of Magnetic Fields, Nuclear Physics, and Nucleosynthesis in Neutron-Star Mergers and Supernovae, September 21-25 2026 in Trento

ECT*-EMMI/GSI workshop
Neutron-star mergers and core-collapse supernovae are among the most promising sites for the synthesis of heavy elements in the universe. These astrophysical phenomena bring together a rich interplay of general relativity, neutrino physics, nuclear reactions, and magneto-hydrodynamics. Among these factors, magnetic fields are increasingly recognized as playing a pivotal role in shaping the dynamics and nucleosynthetic outcomes of these events. Recent observational breakthroughs, from the detection of gravitational waves (e.g., GW170817) with EM counterparts and increasingly detailed supernova spectra, demand a deeper theoretical understanding of how magnetic fields interact with nuclear physics and influence heavy-element nucleosynthesis. At the same time, simulations of these events now routinely include magnetic fields and detailed neutrino transport demonstrating the potential of magneto-rotational supernovae and neutron-star mergers to produce rich nucleosynthesis yields including the heaviest elements produced by the r-process and set the stage for GRB jets.

Given all these recent developments we are at a critical moment to advance the field but there is a need for detailed discussions and interactions among nuclear physicists, astrophysicists, and computational modelers to address key open questions and make the most of the available observational datasets and computational resources. This workshop aims to bring these communities together.

Organizers

Philipp Mösta (University of Amsterdam), p.moesta(at)uva.nl
Almudena Arcones (Technische Universität Darmstadt), almudena.arcones(at)physik.tu-darmstadt.de
Evan O’Connor (Stockholm University), evan.oconnor(at)astro.su.se
Sanjana Curtis (University of Oregon), curtsanj(at)oregonstate.edu

Workshop Website

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GRaviCon 2026, Gravitational Waves: The Age of Discovery, April 22-24 in Pisa

This is the first edition of GRaviCon, a gravity conference held in Pisa, organized by early-career scientists from University of Pisa, University of Florence, University of Trento, and Scuola Normale Superiore.

Gravitational waves have revolutionized our understanding of the universe since their first detection ten years ago. Step by step, we are advancing in characterizing gravitational wave sources, refining our knowledge of compact objects, their histories and population models.
At the same time, new experiments aim to push the frontiers of gravitational-wave astronomy, investigating a variety of still unobserved sources. These developments inevitably introduce new scientific and technical challenges.

The conference aims to strengthen the connection between data analysis, instrument science, and observations, fostering collaboration across these areas to tackle the challenges of gravitational-wave research. We will also highlight different experiments and missions – such as LVK, Einstein Telescope, LISA, PTA, and LiteBIRD – and explore how their findings can complement one another.

Organized by early-career scientists, this conference provides a platform to deepen discussions on the current state and future directions of gravitational-wave science.

No FEE is required.

This conference has received financial support from the Scuola Normale Superiore through PNRR project MERITA, the network for talent project * and INFN Pisa.

Conference Website

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ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme Madrid, Noordwijk

To increase the scientific return from its space science missions, ESA welcomes applications from scientists interested in pursuing research based on publicly available data in the ESA Space Science Archives. The Archives host data from all current and past ESA space science missions in astronomy, planetary science, and heliophysics.

The ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme is open to scientists at all career levels who are affiliated with institutes in ESA Member States and Cooperating States (note that all visits must comply with the ESA Security Directives, which may necessitate additional checks). Early-career scientists are particularly encouraged to apply, including PhD students (see below). We encourage applications from women and minorities. The peer-review evaluation process is anonymised to ensure equal opportunities for all applicants.

Residence lasts typically between one and three months, also distributed over multiple visits, depending on the complexity of the research project. The research projects can be carried out at ESAC (Madrid, Spain) and at ESTEC (Noordwijk, Netherlands). To offset the expenses incurred by visitors, ESA covers travel costs from and to the home institution and provides support for lodging expenses and meals.

During their stay, visiting scientists have the opportunity to interact with archive and mission specialists for questions on the retrieval, calibration, and analysis of archival data. In principle, all areas of space research covered by ESA science missions can be supported (the data must be publicly available in the archives). To ensure that technical expertise in the specific area of interest is available at ESAC or ESTEC, applicants should consult the table of expertise and contact the relevant scientists in their field of interest (this is very important). In case of doubts, write to the programme coordinators for assistance at arvp@cosmos.esa.int.

The next deadline for applications is Wednesday 30 April 2026, 23:59 UTC

Call for applications

Applications can be submitted at any time by sending email to arvp@cosmos.esa.int. The email should contain a single PDF document of at most three pages detailing:

  • description of the goals of the research project
  • public archival data on which help is sought
  • which type of expertise you expect to gain
  • proposed time and duration of the visit
  • expected publications
  • contact information

Please keep it short (max 2 pages for the text of the proposal, max 1 page for figures, references, and contact information) and follow the simple template provided here. Note that this is just a template, you can use the font type and size that you prefer (not smaller than 10), but please do not exceed two pages for the text and one page for figures, references, and contact information. You must indicate in which year you obtained (or will obtain) your PhD.

To prevent unconscious biases, your name, email address, and other contact information (on the third page) will not be visible to reviewers. To help in the process, you must write your application in an “anonymous” way, i.e. do not identify yourself in the text. For instance, do not mention the name of your institute or collaborators in the scientific description of the project (page 1 and 2) and when you are referring to one of your papers, do not write “I have shown that … (Author Name, 2023, Journal, 954, 125)”, but rather write “It has been shown that … (Author Name, 2023, Journal, 954, 125)”. If you identify yourself, the application will not be considered.

We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions about the data that could support your research project. You will find the names of our experts in the various science areas in the table of expertise below. Or write to the programme coordinators for assistance at arvp@cosmos.esa.int.

Students

We welcome proposals by graduate students. The proposals can be submitted by the students themselves or in collaboration with their supervisors. If you are a student and would like to visit ESA to learn more about doing science with archival data, make sure that you coordinate and agree your research project with your supervisor. Mention this in the application, but omit the name of the supervisor, otherwise the application is not anonymous.

Deadlines

Applications can be submitted at any time and are reviewed twice a year, with deadlines usually on 30 April and 31 October. The results of the review will be communicated to applicants within about two months of the deadlines. Applicants are encouraged to contact the ESA scientists or the programme coordinators well ahead of the deadlines in order to discuss their research plans.

Applications received by 30 April 2026 (23:59 UTC) will be considered for visits in autumn and winter 2026/2027.

Please find here full details.

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The LISA Consortium mourns the passing of Professor Mike Cruise, who has died at the age of 78.

Professor Cruise played a leading role in the development of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission and was instrumental in strengthening the United Kingdom’s contribution to this landmark international endeavour. A distinguished scientist devoted to fundamental research, he made significant contributions to gravitational wave science and to the advancement of space instrumentation.
A portrait of Mike Cruise, a British astronomer and astrophysicist who served in various roles at the Royal Astronomical Society, including a 2 year stint as its president.
Foto: Lucinde Douglas Menzies
Licence: CC-BY-4.0

An accomplished educator and advocate of knowledge transfer, Professor Cruise authored the respected textbook The Principles of Space Instrument Design and mentored generations of students and researchers. Even after formally retiring from the University of Birmingham in 2012, he remained actively engaged with ESA, the RAS, the UK Space Agency, and the wider gravitational wave community.

He will be remembered not only for his scientific leadership but also for his kindness, thoughtfulness, and gentle sense of humour.

The LISA Consortium extends its sincere condolences to Professor Cruise’s family, friends, and colleagues. Our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.

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EREP 2026, Spanish & Portuguese Relativity Meeting, May 25-29 in Murcia

The Spanish-Portuguese Relativity Meetings (EREPs) are a long-standing scientific tradition that began in 1977. Since then, they have served as a key forum for the Portuguese and Spanish communities working in General Relativity and Gravitation, promoting collaboration and the exchange of ideas across a broad range of topics. Organized annually by different research groups from both countries, EREPs have become the most prominent conference on gravitation and relativity in the Iberian Peninsula.

The EREP 2026 edition will take place in Murcia, Spain, from May 25th to 29th, 2026. We warmly invite you to join us for a week of stimulating scientific discussions in a vibrant and sunny Mediterranean setting. As in previous editions, EREP 2026 will bring together researchers from across the Iberian Peninsula and beyond, offering a dynamic program in a friendly and collaborative atmosphere.

The conference will be held on-site at the Paraninfo de la Universidad de Murcia, which is located at the city center and 40 km far from the Mediterranean Sea.

Please have a look at the Transportation section on how to travel to Murcia.

Registrations are open until May 2 (fee: EUR 250).

Call for abstracts is open until April 19.

Meeting Website

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GWADW2026 – Gravitational-Wave Advanced Detector Workshop, May 17-23, 2026, La Biodola

With more than 250 detected events, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA network has successfully concluded on November 18, 2025, the third part of the O4 observing run (O4c). An intense activity to analyze the collected data is ongoing, and in the meantime plans for upgrades toward O5 are prepared, to further increase the number of detected coalescences and with the aim of possibly detect new classes of gravitational wave emitters.

At the same time, the preparatory work for third generation ground-based interferometers Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer is in full swing, with many R&D activities going on, new laboratories coming online and new concepts being elaborated, while the quality of the candidate sites are assessed. Lots of activities are also surrounding the preparation for the LISA mission, expected to probe a completely different band of the gravitational wave spectrum.

The gravitational wave community worldwide is growing, stimulated by the challenges of new detectors on Earth and in space. The Gravitational Wave Advanced Detector Workshop (GWADW) series is one of the main opportunities worldwide to present the work on detectors leaving, as is tradition, ample space for informal discussions.

The scientific programme will consist of plenary sessions only, with two poster sessions on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. The daily work schedule will be concentrated in the morning and in the evening leaving room for informal discussions around lunch time.

GWADW 2026 will begin on Sunday, May 17th and finish on early morning of Saturday May 23rd.

Workshop Website