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These are the seven Veni winners of the Faculty of ScienceThe Faculty of Science has received no less than seven Veni grants this year. Camila Correa, Max van Duijn, Stéphanie van der Pas, Sergii Pud, Mónica ...
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Hubertus Irth named Interim Dean of the Faculty of ScienceThe Executive Board has appointed Professor Hubertus Irth as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. Professor Irth will take up ...
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Two Leiden astronomers awarded with prestigious IAU PhD PrizeTwo Leiden astronomers will receive the prestigious IAU PhD Prize. Both Jorryt Mathee and Niels Ligterink of the Leiden Observatory won a prize. Scien...
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Multimessenger astronomy to study the structure of Milky WayFor centuries, astronomers have studied the universe by collecting light signals. Since 2015, the confirmation of an important prediction of Einstein ...
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Scientific research with any smartphone cameraAlthough smartphones and other consumer cameras are increasingly used for scientific applications like citizen science, it’s still difficult to compar...
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Leiden discovery of planetary births is worldwide newsIn Germany, the United States and even in Vietnam: all over the world, the Leiden discovery of the birth of two planets was shared. Astronomer Sebasti...
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Book Launch by author Piet van der KruitOn 29 Augustus 2019 there will be a book presentation "Jan Hendrik Oort - Master of the Galactic System" by Piet van der Kruit in the Old Observatory ...
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Astronomers see two planets vacuuming around young star
Astronomers led by Leiden astronomer Sebastiaan Haffert have directly imaged two planets that are gravitationally carving out a wide gap within a plan...
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Astronomer Jos de Boer receives Chesneau Prize for best dissertationAstronomer Jos de Boer has received the Chesneau Prize in Nice for his research into so-called protoplanetary disks. The prize is awarded to the best ...
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Anthony Brown gives prestigious lecture series in PrincetonLeiden astronomer Anthony Brown had the honour to give the prestigious Spitzer Lectures at Princeton University. In five lectures spread over the begi...
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The scent of the universeFormer PhD student Cameron Mackie will been awarded not one, but two dissertation prizes for his thesis on the aromatic universe. His work could provi...
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The building blocks for astronomically literate citizensWhat does it mean for a citizen to be ‘literate’ in astronomy? Astronomers who participate in outreach to the general public experience various degree...
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Football molecule explains 100-year-old astronomical problemExactly a century ago, astronomers observed the first two diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in space. A DIB manifests itself as a colour of light that...
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Yoga, inclusiveness and dilemma game at first Science PhD DayMorning yoga, having your resumé checked at the information market, or dancing for inclusiveness: just a small selection of the activities of the firs...
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Experience one hundred years of astronomy at the Old ObservatoryHow big is the universe? How do stars form and evolve? And does life exist elsewhere in the Universe? These main questions in astronomy are the themes...