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Leiden astronomers discover potential near-Earth objects 12 February 2020
Three Leiden astronomers have shown that some asteroids that are considered harmless for now, can collide with Earth in the future. They did their res...
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Twinkle, twinkle, giant star 03 February 2020
Up above the world so high a giant star twinkles. Could an 83-year-old astronomer unravel the mystery of this megastar? ‘At times I thought: that’s it...
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Oxygen line opens new perspective on the far universe 13 January 2020
A team of astronomers of Leiden University and the University of Texas (Austin, United States) has discovered a new way to map distant galaxies. They ...
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Faculty of Science starts new year with awards for talents 07 January 2020
Mathematician Robbin Bastiaansen, physicist Irene Battisti, pharmacist Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd and physics and astronomy student Maite Boden are the ...
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New water jet cutter for Fine Mechanical Department 07 January 2020
The Fine Mechanical Department's (FMD) new Wardjet A0612 will cut anything using a 4000 bar water jet. This enables the FMD to work faster, more accur...
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Hans Sigrist Prize for astronomer Ignas Snellen 13 December 2019
On Saturday 7 December, Leiden professor of Observational Astrophysics Ignas Snellen received the Hans Sigrist Prize from the University of Bern. The ...
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Searching explanations for mysterious structures in protoplanetary disks 12 December 2019
In the discs of dust and gasses around young stars, mysterious structures occur. Together with professor Ewine van Dishoeck, PhD student Paolo Cazzole...
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Tracking galaxies from a few glowing pixels 09 December 2019
In 2018, astronomer Jorryt Matthee won the C.J. Kok Jury Prize for the best dissertation of the Faculty of Science. He succeeded in finding a number o...
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The most popular articles of 2019 09 December 2019
From children’s inability to identify animals to a big protest at the opening of the academic year: below are some of our most popular articles of 2019.
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17 Leiden researchers on highly cited list 20 November 2019
Seventeen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 19 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Searching for the origins of life in space with 8.9 million euros 01 November 2019
With 8.9 million euros from the Danish National Research Foundation, Aarhus University and Leiden Observatory will establish the Center for Interstell...
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A first glimpse at the new SRON building 01 November 2019
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is moving. The headquarters of the institute will relocate to the Science Campus of Leiden University. I...
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Science & Cinema: Leiden researchers at the Leiden International Film Festival 29 October 2019
A film and quiz at the Old Observatory, a film whose ending you decide or a political satire in The Hague. These are some of the options at Science & ...
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‘Relocation SRON only offers opportunities’ 22 October 2019
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is moving. In 2021, the Utrecht branch of the institute will be located in South-Holland. Leiden profess...
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Ewine van Dishoeck receives honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva 15 October 2019
Astrophysicist Ewine van Dishoeck has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva. She received the award on 11 October during th...