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Cosmic recipe discovered for making glycerolA team of laboratory astrophysicists from Leiden University managed to make glycerol under conditions comparable to those in dark interstellar clouds....
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PhD prize for astronomer Adrian HamersAdrian Hamer, who obtained his PhD in the group of Simon Portegies Zwart on 21 June 2016, receives a prestigious PhD thesis award prize of the Interna...
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What the galaxy will look like billions of years from nowWhat’s the fate of our sun, when in 5 billion years from now our Milky Way will clash with the Andromeda Galaxy? Leiden astronomers have been working ...
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Traces of building block of life found around infant sunsALMA has observed stars like the Sun at a very early stage in their formation and found traces of methyl isocyanate - a chemical building block of lif...
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Two Vidi's at SterrewachtJordy Bouwman and future Sterrewachter Reinout van Weeren have been awarded a Vidi subsidy to set up or expand their own line of research.
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Working with datasets that are larger than the entire universityRadio telescope LOFAR maps the sky. It produces incredibly detailed images of the universe - and vast amounts of data. Huub Röttgering, director of th...
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First Stone Ceremony for ESO's Extremely Large TelescopeDirector General of ESO, Tim de Zeeuw received President of the Republic of Chile, Michelle Bachelet Jeria for a ceremony marking the first stone of E...
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Oortlezing May 11, 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 supercomputerA 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 questionsStudents 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 LeidenHaving 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 detailAstronomers 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 openLearn 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 wayWe 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 2016Environmental scientist Alexander van Oudenhoven has been chosen as Discoverer of the year of the Faculty of Science. Vice Rector Magnificus Hester Bi...