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Capturing polarised light in the search for alien plants 18 May 2021A new way to decipher the light from distant worlds could give us unmistakable evidence of extraterrestrial photosynthesis, and maybe alien plants, fi...
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First discovery of methanol in a warm planet-forming disk 10 May 2021An international team of researchers led by Alice Booth (Leiden University, the Netherlands) have discovered methanol in the warm part of a planet-for...
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Open Space project: where dance meets cosmology 10 May 2021Until 15 May, Open Space will give room for artistic creation and experimentation in a partnership between artists and astronomers. The project is a c...
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High-mass stars are formed not from dust disk but from debris 03 May 2021A Dutch-led team of astronomers has discovered that high-mass stars are formed differently from their smaller siblings. Whereas small stars are often ...
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Project in The Hague tackles teacher shortage and inequality at the same time 26 April 2021A The Hague-based project is aiming to tackle teacher shortage and socioeconomic inequality reflected in primary education – and the objective is to d...
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Leiden astronomer Henk van de Hulst: humble man with great authority 26 April 2021World-famous among astronomers, humble, and averse to conventions. On 23 April, the Dutch biography about Henk van de Hulst was published. Biographer ...
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Ewine van Dishoeck receives ERC Advanced Grant for research into the chemistry of new worlds 22 April 2021Leiden Professor of Molecular astrophysics Ewine van Dishoeck has been awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). She has been ...
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ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers 22 April 2021The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established princip...
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Giant planet at large distance from sun-like star puzzles astronomers 19 April 2021A team of astronomers led by Dutch scientists have directly imaged a giant planet orbiting at a large distance around a sun-like star. Why this planet...
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Black holes like to eat, but have a variety of table manners 13 April 2021All supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies appear to have periods when they swallow matter from their close surroundings. But that is abo...
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Long-awaited review reveals journey of water from interstellar clouds to habitable worlds 09 April 2021Professor Ewine van Dishoeck, together with an international team of colleagues, has written an overview of everything we know about water in interste...
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Ultra-sensitive radio images reveal thousands of star-forming galaxies in early Universe 08 April 2021An international team of astronomers has published the most sensitive images of the Universe ever taken at low radio frequencies, using the Internatio...
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Many planetary systems prematurely evaporate into thin air 26 March 2021When stars are born, large clouds of gas and dust form that are known as circumstellar discs. Research by PhD candidate Francisca Concha-Ramírez shows...
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Astronomers map the cosmic spider web 18 March 2021An international team of astronomers from Leiden Observatory and others, has for the first time mapped a piece of the dark, cosmic web. The research s...
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Closing the skills gap for young researchers through innovation and entrepreneurship training 12 March 2021The EU-funded project SKIES (SKilled, Innovative and Entrepreneurial Scientists) will train astronomy graduate students in transferable skills for aca...