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From research in space to director on earth 08 September 2022
After ten years and one day, Leiden Observatory has a new director. As of 1 September, Ignas Snellen will set the course for the astronomical institut...
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Webb detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere 25 August 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope has found evidence of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere of a giant planet 700 light years away. This result provid...
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Mapping the universe with a NWO grant of 3.1 million 04 August 2022
With the new Euclid satellite, scientists are going to map a large part of the sky. The satellite ofthe European Space Agency (ESA) will soon give t...
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Four Leiden consortia awarded large NWO grants 27 July 2022
No less than four Leiden research teams have been awarded a grant by NWO. On 27 July NWO honoured 21 applications in the Open Competition ENW-XL. NWO ...
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Ignas Snellen new Scientific Director of Leiden Observatory 26 July 2022
As of 16 August Ignas Snellen is the new Scientific Director of the astronomical institute of the Faculty of Science. He will succeed Huub Rottgering,...
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New podcast about astronomy for the greater good 21 July 2022
How does astronomy benefit you? The new single-episode podcast Cosmic Perspectives explores the impact of Dutch astronomy on society: from building po...
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Ewine van Dishoeck goes stargazing 15 July 2022
From the birth of the universe to the molecules in a planet's atmosphere. The first five pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show the ...
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Spinoza Prize for astrophysicist Ignas Snellen 17 June 2022
With his clever measuring methods Ignas Snellen – together with his team – was the first to detect carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of exoplanets. Fo...
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Gaia sees strange stars in most detailed Milky Way survey to date 13 June 2022
Today, ESA’s Gaia mission releases its new treasure trove of data about our home galaxy. Astronomers, led by the Leiden astronomer Anthony Brown, desc...
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Inmates get a chance to peek at the night sky 02 June 2022
If you walk along the Hooglandse Kerkgracht in the coming months, you will see a metal box completely out of tune with rest of the landscape. It seem...
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Video series: Collaboration with China in daily practice 31 May 2022
What are the benefits for us of collaboration with Chinese partners? What sparks off Leiden researchers' interest in collaborating with colleagues in ...
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A celebration of light, peace and the night sky 17 May 2022
The International Day of Light (IDL) celebrates the ubiquitous role light has in our lives. From Argentina to South Africa, Japan and Pakistan, severa...
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Planeetvormende schijven evolueren verrassend vergelijkbaar 06 May 2022
Our solar system probably evolved in the same way as most of the other planetary systems around us. This has been shown by German-Austrian-Dutch resea...
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‘All of Leiden will join in with the Seeing Stars experiment’ 02 May 2022
What will happen if the lights in a large part of the city are switched off? How many stars can you see without all that light pollution? This is what...
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First MIRI-image by the James Webb Space Telescope 29 April 2022
The alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope is complete. The space observatory is able to capture sharp, well-directed images with each of its fou...