Editing European VLBI Network (section)

== History ==
The EVN was formed in 1980 by a consortium of five of the major radio astronomy institutes in [[Europe]] (the European Consortium for VLBI). Since 1980, the EVN and the Consortium has grown to include many institutes with numerous [[radio telescopes]] in several western European countries as well as associated institutes with telescopes in Russia, Ukraine, China and South Africa. Proposals for an additional telescope in Spain are under consideration.

Observations using the EVN have contributed to scientific research on [[Fast Radio Burst]]s (FRBs),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jive.eu/repeating-fast-radio-burst-spiral-galaxy-deepens-mystery-where-these-signals-originate|title=A repeating Fast Radio Burst from a spiral galaxy deepens the mystery of where these signals originate from {{!}} Jive|website=www.jive.eu|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref> gravitational lensing,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jive.eu/new-images-super-telescope-bring-astronomers-step-closer-understanding-dark-matter|title=New images from a super-telescope bring astronomers a step closer to understanding dark matter {{!}} Jive|website=www.jive.eu|language=en|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref> and supermassive black holes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jive.eu/surprise-discovery-provides-new-insights-stellar-deaths|title=Surprise discovery provides new insights into stellar deaths {{!}} Jive|website=www.jive.eu|language=en|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>