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Premiere: Astronomy on Tap Leiden 21 March 2017Having a drink in a cafe and at the same time learning something about astronomy: this is Astronomy on Tap. The first edition in Leiden will take plac...
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Leiden planetary experts want to study seven ‘Earths’ in more detail 23 February 2017Astronomers have discovered seven Earth-like planets around a dwarf star in our galaxy. Three of these planets are located in the habitable zone of th...
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Registration for 'Navigation Through the Ages' online course is now open 08 February 2017Learn all about the rich history of navigation, from ancient Greece to Europe’s Gallileo Programme, in the course ‘Navigation through the Ages’. This ...
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Sifting through data the smart way 11 January 2017We produce more data than ever before, and researchers gather more and more information. That data contains a wealth of insights and new possibilities...
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Alexander van Oudenhoven Discoverer of the year 2016 10 January 2017Environmental scientist Alexander van Oudenhoven has been chosen as Discoverer of the year of the Faculty of Science. Vice Rector Magnificus Hester Bi...
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Space Scoop selected as one of the Great Websites for Kids 03 January 2017The American Library Association has selected the Space Scoop website as one of the Great Websites for Kids (GWS). Space Scoop, which launched a dedic...
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Leiden astronomers in astronomy podcast 19 December 2016Five Leiden astronomers tell about science in the podcast Astronomy et al. This podcast was set up by Ricardo Garcia Soto in September 2016 and is foc...
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Archaeologist Quentin Bourgeois and astronomer Frans Snik nominated for The Young Academy 12 December 2016Every year The Young Academy (a sub-group of KNAW) nominates ten talented researchers to join their ranks. This year two of the nominees are from Leid...
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Giant galaxies grow out of cold cosmic oceans 01 December 2016The largest galaxies in the Universe feed off cosmic oceans, which helps them grow. This is the presumption of an international team of scientist with...
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Rosetta crowdfunding campaign for UNAWE 29 November 2016Universe Awareness (UNAWE) started a crowdfunding campaign together with Design & Data GmbH, with a central role for the plush 'astronaut' Rosetta. Th...
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Enormous supercluster of galaxies discovered 16 November 2016An international team of astronomers, including Leiden's Maciej Bilicki, has discovered an enormous supercluster of galaxies. The supercluster had pre...
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Leiden hosts Space Education International Workshop 18 October 2016More than 100 teachers, educators and policymakers from 25 countries gathered in Leiden from 18 October for the Space Education International Workshop...
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Refugee children explore cosmos with Universe Awareness 14 October 2016In September 2016, the educational programme Universe Awareness (UNAWE) implemented a series of educational activities at Basisschool De Verrekijker, ...
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Giant rings orbit wrong way around exoplanet 13 October 2016Researchers from Japan and the Netherlands who were previously involved in the discovery of an exoplanet with huge rings have now calculated that the ...
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Gazing into deep space 21 September 2016Bernhard Brandl, the new Leiden Professor of Infrared Astronomy, is developing instruments for the world’s largest telescopes. These telescopes can be...