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Oortlezing May 11, 201706 April 2017The yearly Oortlezing, in the memory of the famous Dutch astronomer, is organized by the Stichting Het Jan Hendrik Oort Fonds and Leiden Observatory. ...
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Netherlands' smallest supercomputer05 April 2017A team of Dutch scientists has built a supercomputer the size of four pizza boxes. The Little Green Machine II has the computing power of 10,000 PCs a...
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Alumni mentors answer student’s questions23 March 2017Students get free advice of Leiden alumni about their career, applying for a job, social networking and more. The Mentor Network is an online platform...
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Premiere: Astronomy on Tap Leiden21 March 2017Having a drink in a cafe and at the same time learning something about astronomy: this is Astronomy on Tap. The first edition in Leiden will take plac...
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Leiden planetary experts want to study seven ‘Earths’ in more detail23 February 2017Astronomers have discovered seven Earth-like planets around a dwarf star in our galaxy. Three of these planets are located in the habitable zone of th...
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Registration for 'Navigation Through the Ages' online course is now open08 February 2017Learn all about the rich history of navigation, from ancient Greece to Europe’s Gallileo Programme, in the course ‘Navigation through the Ages’. This ...
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Sifting through data the smart way11 January 2017We produce more data than ever before, and researchers gather more and more information. That data contains a wealth of insights and new possibilities...
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Alexander van Oudenhoven Discoverer of the year 201610 January 2017Environmental scientist Alexander van Oudenhoven has been chosen as Discoverer of the year of the Faculty of Science. Vice Rector Magnificus Hester Bi...
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Space Scoop selected as one of the Great Websites for Kids03 January 2017The American Library Association has selected the Space Scoop website as one of the Great Websites for Kids (GWS). Space Scoop, which launched a dedic...
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Leiden astronomers in astronomy podcast19 December 2016Five Leiden astronomers tell about science in the podcast Astronomy et al. This podcast was set up by Ricardo Garcia Soto in September 2016 and is foc...
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Archaeologist Quentin Bourgeois and astronomer Frans Snik nominated for The Young Academy12 December 2016Every year The Young Academy (a sub-group of KNAW) nominates ten talented researchers to join their ranks. This year two of the nominees are from Leid...
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Giant galaxies grow out of cold cosmic oceans01 December 2016The largest galaxies in the Universe feed off cosmic oceans, which helps them grow. This is the presumption of an international team of scientist with...
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Rosetta crowdfunding campaign for UNAWE29 November 2016Universe Awareness (UNAWE) started a crowdfunding campaign together with Design & Data GmbH, with a central role for the plush 'astronaut' Rosetta. Th...
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Enormous supercluster of galaxies discovered16 November 2016An international team of astronomers, including Leiden's Maciej Bilicki, has discovered an enormous supercluster of galaxies. The supercluster had pre...
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Leiden hosts Space Education International Workshop18 October 2016More than 100 teachers, educators and policymakers from 25 countries gathered in Leiden from 18 October for the Space Education International Workshop...