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The Kaiser Spring Lectures are about to start! 01 February 2018The program for the Kaiser Spring Lectures 2018 has been published! Visit the Old Observatory in March for four amazing lectures about the Space Age.
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Ewine van Dishoeck receives american prize for leading role in astrochemistry 18 January 2018The Dutch scientist prof. dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University and Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, will...
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Alireza Mashaghi Tabari is Discoverer of the Year 2017 09 January 2018With a large majority of votes, drug researcher Alireza Mashaghi Tabari was chosen Discoverer of the Year 2017 of the Faculty of Science. This was ann...
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Habitable planets around pulsars theoretically possible 19 December 2017It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars, rotating neutron stars. Such planets must have an enormous atmosphere that c...
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Vote for Discoverer of the Year 14 December 2017Who will be our Discoverer of the year 2017? Which one of these brilliant researchers deserves this prize for their efforts according to you? As of no...
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Science delegation enhances influence in China 14 December 2017A large delegation composed of 11 delegates from institutes from the Faculty of Science has made an extensive visit to China and enhanced Leiden’s inf...
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SRON space research institute to relocate to Leiden and Delft 14 December 2017The SRON space research institute currently located in Utrecht will be relocating to South Holland. The institute, which constructs highly advanced te...
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Leiden has highest percentage female first year students Physics & Astronomy 14 December 2017The bachelor education programmes of Physics and Astronomy in Leiden combined have the highest percentage female first year students in The Netherland...
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George Miley recieves honorary doctorate in Dublin 08 December 2017Leiden emeritus professor George Miley receives an honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin on 8 December. ‘I never dreamed that I would receive...
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72 galaxies never deteted before 29 November 2017Using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, an international team of scientists, including many Leiden astronomers, have conduct...
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A new view on planet formation 09 November 2017Many hot, rocky planets outside of our own solar system started out as large, gaseous Neptunes. This is what astronomers at Leiden University contend ...
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Flying visit by high-ranking Chinese delegation 06 November 2017A high-ranking delegation from China visited Leiden on 6 November. The party of some 25 officials from the CPPCC – a Chinese advisory body comparable ...
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Multiple star systems: how they got here and why it matters 31 October 2017Disk formation around stars is an important factor in determining whether one or multiple stars evolve. But the big picture of star formation is still...
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Universe Awareness one of the most innovative programmes in education 27 October 2017Educational programme Universe Awareness (UNAWE) is one of HundrED's 100 Global Inspiring Innovations in Education. This was announced on 4 October 20...
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‘Do something for the broader astronomy community as well’ 24 October 2017As Director-General of the ESO for the past ten years, Leiden University astronomer Tim de Zeeuw had ‘the best astronomy job in the world’. Back at th...