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New detection method for quasars in the early Universe 09 February 2022
Astronomers from Leiden Observatory have developed a new method to find distant quasars and better distinguish them from other objects that look like ...
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A much sharper picture of the universe with new algorithms and supercomputers 31 January 2022
With new algorithms and supercomputers, an incredibly detailed radio map of the universe was created. Now astronomers can look at radio data of galaxi...
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Tracing space ice and the building blocks of life 21 January 2022
An unprecedented space telescope, an astrolab that makes space ice and molecules that may lead to the origin of life… The Ice Age project has all the ...
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From the birth of galaxies to an IMAX movie on the big screen. Leiden partnership wins award from the Royal Astronomical Society 14 January 2022
Simulation project EAGLE has won the 2022 Group Achievement Award of the Royal Astronomical Society. EAGLE is a large collection of simulations about ...
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The launch of a new era: Leiden and the James Webb telescope (part II) 23 December 2021
After 25 years, December will finally see the launch of the long-awaited James Webb space telescope. Leiden astronomers are watching with great excite...
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The launch of a new era: Leiden and the James Webb telescope (Part I) 17 December 2021
After 25 years, this December will finally see the launch of the long-awaited James Webb space telescope (JWST). Leiden astronomers are watching with ...
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Veni grant for ten Leiden researchers 14 December 2021
Ten Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant, of up to 280,000 euros, will enable them to elab...
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These Science students excelled and won a KHMW Young Talent Prize 06 December 2021
No fewer than seven Leiden FWN students received a Young Talent Award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences on Monday, 29 November. Mark van den Bo...
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Leiden project wins international astronomy engagement award 02 December 2021
The online summer programme Space in Your Living Room by Leiden Observatory has won the first prize ‘Most Innovative Event’ of the Astronomy@Home Awar...
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These eleven Leiden Science researchers are among the most highly cited 19 November 2021
Eleven researchers of the Faculty of Science are on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list of Clarivate Analytics. Only 0.1 per cent of researchers ar...
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Mariska Kriek is back – but this time as a professor 11 November 2021
She left Leiden after her PhD and now, 14 years later, she returns as Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy. Mariska Kriek investigates how galaxies or...
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Christiaan Huygens episode Het Klokhuis recorded at Leiden Observatory 02 November 2021
The Klokhuis dedicates a special episode to Leiden alumnus and famous scientist Christiaan Huygens. Part of the episode was recorded at the Leiden Obs...
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Towards molecular complexity in birth places of stars: Formaldehyde formation from carbon atoms reacting with water ice 02 November 2021
Scientists at Leiden University (Netherlands), Stuttgart University (Germany) and Ural Federal University (Russia) have successfully put forward a nov...
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A+ for Leiden astronomy student who simulated chaotic interactions of black holes 20 October 2021
Leiden astronomy Master's student Arend Moerman has received an A+ for his thesis research on the simulation of chaotic interactions of three black ho...
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Volcanic ‘activity’ in black holes blows monumental bubbles of hundreds of thousands of light-years 19 October 2021
An international team of researchers observed the full extent of the evolution of hot gas produced by an active black hole for the first time. As it e...