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Working with datasets that are larger than the entire university 30 May 2017
Radio 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 Telescope 27 May 2017
Director 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, 2017 06 April 2017
The 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 supercomputer 05 April 2017
A 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 questions 23 March 2017
Students 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 Leiden 21 March 2017
Having 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 detail 23 February 2017
Astronomers 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 open 08 February 2017
Learn 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 way 11 January 2017
We 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 2016 10 January 2017
Environmental 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 Kids 03 January 2017
The 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 podcast 19 December 2016
Five 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 Academy 12 December 2016
Every 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 oceans 01 December 2016
The 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 UNAWE 29 November 2016
Universe Awareness (UNAWE) started a crowdfunding campaign together with Design & Data GmbH, with a central role for the plush 'astronaut' Rosetta. Th...