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This is how astronomers found out how three stars were ejected from star cluster R13615 July 2025Astronomers led by Simon Portegies Zwart used simulations to reconstruct how three stars were ejected from the star cluster R136, 60,000 years ago. Th...
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Study and elite sports: three Leiden students competing in FISU Summer World University GamesElite sport 14 July 2025Three student athletes from Leiden University are representing the Netherlands at the FISU Summer World University Games, a kind of Olympic Games for ...
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Binary star reveals: planet formation doesn’t always happen in sync09 July 2025A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. Th...
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Supermassive black holes: how do you study something that is invisible?Astronomy 30 June 2025How are supermassive black holes born? That is the question astronomer Elena Maria Rossi is trying to answer. But how do you investigate something you...
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Working together to rebuild Ukrainian astronomy26 June 2025How do you rebuild a field of science after years of war? In June, a remarkable gathering of Ukrainian and Dutch astronomers took place at Leiden’s Ol...
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Rubin Observatory reveals first images: with key contributions from Leiden23 June 2025A time-lapse of the universe in more detail than ever before: that’s the aim of the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, which will unveil its ...
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Astronomers analyse huge, hot filament of missing normal matter19 June 2025A European team of astronomers, led by Leiden-based researcher Konstantinos Migkas, has uncovered a large filament — a long, thread-like structure — o...
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Is our water older than the sun? Astronomers find clue in ice around young star16 June 2025A team led by Leiden University in the Netherlands and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have, for the first time, robustly detected semi-heavy...
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NWO Open Competition grants for two projects with Leiden researchers05 June 2025Two research projects with researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Dutch Research Council (NWO) Open Competition Domain Science-M progr...
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Yamila Miguel wins Pastor Schmeits Prize for astronomyAwarded 28 May 2025
The board of the Pastoor Schmeits Prize for Astronomy Foundation has awarded the Pastoor Schmeits Prize 2025 to two individuals: Yamila Miguel, affili...
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Migration scholar Katharina Natter wins Gratama Science PrizePolitical science 16 May 2025For her research into migration policy under different political regimes, Katharina Natter has been awarded the Gratama Science Prize for young, talen...
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Three NWO Open Competition grants for Leiden scientistsGrant 12 May 2025Smart drug carriers, uneven cosmic expansion, and solar energy storage in molecules. These are the topics of three newly awarded NWO-XS grants to rese...
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Joop Schaye appointed as KNAW member: ‘A great honour’08 May 2025Joop Schaye, Professor of The formation of galaxies, has been elected as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). He wil...
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From Leiden to Harvard: four questions for Julia Santosfellowship 17 April 2025Eight early-career researchers from around the world have been awarded a 51 Pegasi b Fellowship – a prestigious opportunity for astronomers. Julia San...
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NWO funding for five FWN projects within the Dutch Research AgendaGrant 08 April 2025Can humans perceive single photons? What is our place in the universe? How can we make quantum computers more stable? Five researchers from the Facult...