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Huib van Langevelde new director Event Horizon Telescope 21 July 2020The Leiden astronomer Huib van Langevelde) has been selected as the new director of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). The EHT is a collaboration invo...
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Serena Viti is our new professor of Molecular Astrophysics 07 July 2020The Leiden Observatory has appointed a new professor. Selena Viti will hold a chair in Molecular Astrophysics. Viti will build a research group that c...
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Leiden Observatory launches online summer programme for kids 03 July 2020This summer, the Universe is closer than ever. With the online astronomy summer programme Space in Your Living Room!, the Leiden Observatory brings as...
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Europe to foster the Social-Economical Impact of Astronomy 02 July 2020The European Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (E-ROAD) has held its first conference session at the 2020 virtual Annual Meeting of the Eur...
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EAS 2020 in Leiden: the largest online astronomy meeting ever 26 June 2020Over 1600 astronomers and space scientists will gather online from 29 June until 3 July for the annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society (E...
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ARTificial Intelligence Lab offers residency at Leiden Observatory 25 June 2020The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab is now offering artists working with Artificial Intelligence the chance for a residency at the Leiden Observa...
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Three Leiden Science projects receive computing time on national supercomputers 16 June 2020A night sky of more than 40 petabytes in size, simulating young star clusters and understanding how the body inhibits viruses: three Leiden projects h...
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ESO instrument METIS passes important design milestone 05 June 2020The METIS instrument that’s being built for ESO's future Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in Northern Chile under the leadership of the Dutch Research ...
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Nine Leiden projects awarded first NWO Science Diplomacy Fund 19 May 2020The projects of nine researchers at Leiden University have received funding through the new NWO Science Diplomacy Fund. The Fund is for scientific act...
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Astronomy in corona times: 'All the big telescopes were at a standstill.' 12 May 2020Astronomer Ignas Snellen studies exoplanets using telescope observations. But how is that possible when all the big telescopes are more or less at a s...
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First time methane ice formed in Leiden under space conditions 13 April 2020An international team of astronomers has shown in a laboratory at Leiden University (the Netherlands) that methane can form on icy dust particles in s...
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Keep busy with these astronomy activities you can do from home 02 April 2020Stuck at home with little to do? Don’t worry, because we have the perfect space related activities you can do from home, alone or with your family, in...
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Hubble fellowship at NASA for Emiel Por 30 March 2020Astronomy PhD candidate Emiel Por has been selected by NASA as one of the 24 Hubble fellows in 2020. He will be conducting research at the American Sp...
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Why turning back time is not always possible 23 March 2020If three or more objects move around each other, history cannot be reversed. That is the conclusion of an international team of researchers based on c...
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Enjoy the photo exhibition in the Old Observatory from home 19 March 2020Two radio telescopes in Green Bank, West Virginia have brought together a few remarkable people. A new photo exhibition in the Old Observatory visitor...