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Astronomers finally measure polarised light from exoplanetAn international team led by Leiden astronomers has, after years of searching and defying the boundaries of a telescope, for the first time directly c...
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4.9 milion euros for unraveling the mysteries of black holesThe Dutch Black Holes Consortium receives 4.9 million euros from NWO for unravelling the mysteries of black holes and other mysteries of the universe....
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Massive Stars Are Factories for Ingredients to LifeNASA’s telescope SOFIA has provided a new glimpse of the chemistry in the inner region surrounding massive young stars where future planets could begi...
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New KiDS result: Universe 10 per cent more homogeneous than assumedNew results from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) show that the Universe is almost 10 percent more homogeneous than previously thought. The new KiDS map ...
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Astronomers capture first-ever image of a multi-planet system around a Sun-like starAn international team led by Leiden astronomers has taken the first-ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. The rese...
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This is how ESA telescope Euclid is going to visualise dark matterHow can you see something that’s invisible? Well, with Euclid! This future ESA telescope will map the structure of the Universe and teach us more abou...
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Searching explanations for mysterious structures in protoplanetary disksIn the discs of dust and gasses around young stars, mysterious structures occur. Together with professor Ewine van Dishoeck, PhD student Paolo Cazzole...
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Searching for the origins of life in space with 8.9 million eurosWith 8.9 million euros from the Danish National Research Foundation, Aarhus University and Leiden Observatory will establish the Center for Interstell...
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A first glimpse at the new SRON buildingSRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is moving. The headquarters of the institute will relocate to the Science Campus of Leiden University. I...
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‘Relocation SRON only offers opportunities’SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is moving. In 2021, the Utrecht branch of the institute will be located in South-Holland. Leiden profess...
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A matter of dark matterIs our universe built up out of warm or cold dark matter? The standard model assumes cold dark matter particles, but astronomer Sylvia Ploeckinger is ...
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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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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...
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Astronomers capture first image of a black holeFor the first time, astronomers have managed to take a photo of a supermassive black hole and its shadow. They used the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT),...
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From proof-of-concept to solving astronomical mysteriesSRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is moving. In 2021, the Utrecht branch will settle in South Holland. Assistant professor at TU Delft, Ak...