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Is there oxygen on exoplanets? New telescope finds out 20 February 2023To what extent does exoplanet Proxima b resemble our Earth? And is there some form of life present? Astronomers hope to find answers to these question...
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Finding the origin of giant black holes 20 February 2023‘Space Antenna LISA will open an unprecedented window on the Universe,’ says astronomer Elena Maria Rossi. The mission will be the first one to detect...
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Grants to build large-scale research facilities 20 February 2023Five projects with researchers from Leiden University have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to build or upgrade existing researc...
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Webb reveals new details in Pandora’s Cluster 16 February 2023Astronomers have captured a new deep field of Pandora's Cluster (Abell 2744) with the James Webb Space Telescope. The images show never-before-seen de...
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What's inside a giant planet? Yamila Miguel will find out with an ERC Consolidator Grant 06 February 2023Discovering what is inside giant planets and their atmosphere, that is one of the goals of astronomer Yamila Miguel. With an ERC Consolidator Grant of...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for six Leiden researchers 31 January 2023From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages and more: six Leiden ...
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Leiden astronomers find building blocks for life in the darkest spots of star-forming cloud 23 January 2023An international team led by Leiden astronomers has discovered diverse ices in the darkest, coldest regions of a molecular cloud. To do so, they used ...
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Leiden astronomers launch biggest space-ice database ever: ‘A kind of phone book, but for ice’ 19 January 2023It is the largest database for space ice yet: The Leiden Ice Database for Astrochemistry: LIDA. Created by astrophysicists at the Leiden Observatory, ...
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'This course is a simulation of your professional work as an astronomer' 03 January 2023What if I completely changed everything? A subject without lectures or exams, where the right answer is not important and where students work with the...
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Measuring water with your smartphone 12 December 2022You might take photos and selfies with your phone's camera, or scan a QR code. But there is much more you can do with it. Astronomer Olivier Burggraaf...
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What is dark matter? Dwarf galaxies offer new insight 09 December 2022It was first measured a hundred years ago and yet we still don’t know what it is: dark matter. By looking at stars in dwarf galaxies PhD candidate Bas...
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Combining art and science in the recovery of Ukraine 08 December 2022How wonderful would it be to use art, technology and science in Ukraine's recovery? Young Ukrainians currently residing in Poland get guidance to deve...
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Webb reveals chemical profile of atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-39 b 22 November 2022An international team of astronomers has revealed the first 'chemical profile' of an exoplanet's atmosphere. The team, including Leiden astronomer Yam...
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What do complex molecules tell us about star formation? 21 November 2022How do you progress from an immense gas cloud somewhere in the universe to a star with planets? Research by Astronomy PhD student Martijn van Gelder s...
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The Mindfulnest at the Science Faculty 18 November 2022Are you in need of some rest, stressed about an exam, or feeling under the weather? Since a few months you can find Mindfulnest at the Science Faculty...