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Celebrating the International Day of Light in the Old Observatory06 June 2018On 16 May the first International Day of Light was celebrated all around the globe. Initiated by UNESCO, organisations in 87 different countries set u...
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Ewine van Dishoeck wins Kavli prize for astrophysics31 May 2018How are stars and planets formed? Is life outside Earth possible? These questions are being researched by Professor of Molecular Astrophysics Ewine va...
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Marie Curie grant for dark matter22 May 2018Leiden Observatory is going to use a new technique to carry out calculations on gravitational lensing measurements. They will do this is the context o...
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Ewine van Dishoeck in Board of Trustees Institute for Advanced Study17 May 2018The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed astronomer and chemist Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck to its Board of Trustees, effective 5 May, 2018.
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Royal honour for astronomer Tim de Zeeuw15 May 2018Leiden astronomer Tim de Zeeuw has been appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He received the distinction on 14 May to mark his departure a...
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Oort Lecturer 2018: James Kasting about the search for life on planets around other stars08 May 2018If there is life outside our galaxy, how could we find it? In his Oort Lecture, James Kasting talks about his search for simple life on other planets....
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Dutch astronomers photograph possible toddler planet by chance08 May 2018A group of astronomers was actually examining the dust disc around the young double star CS Cha, when they saw a small dot on the edge of their images...
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Universe Awareness presents home-made laser show in Botswana04 May 2018How do you offer high-quality and interesting education with simple means? Universe Awareness of Leiden University spoke about this during the annual ...
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Gaia creates richest star map of our Galaxy – and beyond25 April 2018ESA’s Gaia mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and revealing pr...
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Subsidies for high-grade research facilities12 April 2018Three projects with Leiden researchers are to receive a subsidy from NWO for the construction or renovation of large-scale research facilities. They w...
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Crucial Dutch contribution to European X-ray telescope12 April 2018The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO allocates nearly € 19.5 million to a Dutch cluster that contributes to the development of an ...
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Try-out Day at Leiden University06 April 2018On Friday April 6th, Leiden University organizes its biannual try-out day. We pay a visit to Physics and Astronomy, which saw their student numbers al...
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Galaxy without dark matter discovered28 March 2018Astronomers led by Pieter van Dokkum have discovered a galaxy that barely contains any dark matter, which actually proves that dark matter does indeed...
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Spin-off from astronomy: measuring water pollution with your mobile26 March 2018Leiden astronomers and ecologists are developing an instrument that lets people measure the quality of surface water with a smartphone.This internati...
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ALMA Reveals Inner Web of Stellar Nursery16 March 2018Recent study led at the Leiden Observatory has observed Orion with unprecedented detail. New data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Arra...