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Frustrated scientists convince astronomy journal to implement trans inclusive name change policy 10 September 2021A group of united astronomers have successfully convinced Europe’s leading astronomy journal Astronomy & Astrophysics to institute a name change polic...
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The Old Observatory Leiden in LEGO? You can make it happen! 07 September 2021Every week, Uwe Hensch walks past the Old Observatory in Leiden. In corona times, he decided to make a LEGO design of the historic building. His desig...
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Ewine van Dishoeck after pontifical appointment: ‘Science and religion can coexist’ 19 August 2021Pope Francis has appointed astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. She joins an illustrious list of Nobel Prize winners, ...
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Supermassive black holes and powerful telescopes: new Professor Joe Hennawi 30 July 2021Meet the newest Full Professor at the Leiden Observatory: Joe Hennawi. All the way from Santa Barbara, California, Hennawi will strengthen the astrono...
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How to attract stargazing tourists? Leiden Observatory launches a new manual for astrotourism 20 July 2021How to create an unforgettable astronomy experience for tourists? And how to create fun activities that also have scientific and educational value? T...
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First measurement of isotopes in atmosphere of exoplanet 14 July 2021An international team of astronomers have become the first in the world to detect isotopes in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. It concerns different fo...
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Award for finding the most extreme stellar object in the Universe 13 July 2021Joseph Callingham from the Leiden Observatory receives the Louise Webster Prize for outstanding post-doctoral research. The prize is awarded by the As...
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Bridging Sri Lanka and The Netherlands through astronomy 01 July 2021'Find your way from the stars’, an online workshop on Nautical Astronomy, was one of the winners of The Netherlands Online Cultural Challenge 2020. Th...
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Open Science Hub receives 2021 Medal of Scientific Merit in Portugal 29 June 2021Open Science Hub, a science education project coordinated by Leiden University, has won the 2021 Portuguese Medal of Scientific Merit for its contribu...
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Largest European astronomy congress for second time in Leiden 24 June 2021For the second year in a row, the annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society will take place online, from 28 June to 2 July 2021. Also this y...
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Four Leiden Science researchers go abroad with Rubicon grant 21 June 2021Astronomer Donggang Wang, physicist Anne Meeussen and chemists Nick Gerrits and Elliot Mock: all four are receiving a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Res...
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Eight researchers to travel abroad on Rubicon grant 21 June 2021Eight young researchers from Leiden University have received a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will allow them to conduct re...
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Leiden astronomers calculate genesis of Oort cloud in chronological order 03 June 2021A team of Leiden astronomers has managed to calculate the first 100 million years of the history of the Oort cloud in its entirety. Until now, only pa...
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Astronomer Danna Qasim wins two prizes for dissertation on methane ice 01 June 2021Former Leiden Observatory PhD candidate Danna Qasim has won no less than two prestigious prizes with her thesis, titled 'Dark ice chemistry in interst...
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International astronomers come to the aid of secluded Cuban scientists 25 May 2021An international collaboration of astronomers is organising a special online lecture series for physicists and astronomers in Cuba. The reason for thi...