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How to engage and educate the global public with science? 04 November 2015Massive science communication projects should be based on strong and relevant science cases. They should engage with a large number of stakeholders, n...
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Mysterious ripples racing through planet-forming disk 14 October 2015An international team of astronomers, including Leiden’s Christian Ginski, has discovered previously unobserved structures in a debris disk around a n...
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International Space University 31st Space Studies Program 2018 to convene in the Netherlands 06 October 2015The International Space University is proud to announce that the 31st annual Space Studies Program (SSP) session will convene in the Netherlands durin...
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Start of construction of camera for European giant telescope 29 September 2015Leiden scientists will be working on the development of a camera for the European Extremely Large Telescope that is currently under construction. On 2...
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Astronomers destroy former record for most distant galaxy 10 August 2015An international team of astronomers that includes researchers from Leiden has discovered the most distant galaxy yet. The galaxy, called EGS8p7, is 1...
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Astronomers make invisible dark matter visible 13 July 2015
An international team of astronomers, including Professor Koen Kuijken, has published a series of online articles presenting the first results of a ma...
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Strong investment in commercial fine particulate measuring device 10 July 2015
Astronomers Professor Christoph Keller and Dr Frans Snik will be developing a commercial module for measuring fine particulates. They have been awarde...
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Universe Awareness’ Universe in a Box wins Best Science Education Resource Award 28 May 2015Universe in a Box has been recognised for its educational value by Scientix — the European Network of Science Education. Universe in a Box is the low-...
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Universe Awareness finalist van de WISE Awards 2015 13 May 2015Universe Awareness is one of fifteen projects chosen by WISE for providing compelling and innovative solutions to today’s most pressing challenges in ...
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Giant cosmic tsunami wakes up comatose galaxies 30 April 2015Galaxies are often found in clusters, which contain many “red and dead” members that stopped forming stars in the distant past. Now, an international ...
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Complex Organic Molecules Discovered in Infant Star System 09 April 2015For the first time, astronomers have detected the presence of complex organic molecules, the building blocks of life, in a protoplanetary disc surroun...
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Cheering for the sun at the Leiden Observatory 20 March 2015Staring into the clouds hoping for a glimpse of the sun, cheering in encouragement, video recordings: there was no shortage of things to do at the Lei...
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4 Vici awards for Leiden researchers 13 February 2015Chemist Alexander Kros and astronomer Joop Schaye are two of the four Leiden researchers who have been awarded a Vici as part of NWO's Innovation Rese...
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Gigantic ring system discovered around exoplanet J1407b 27 January 2015Astronomers from the Leiden Observatory and from the University of Rochester (in the US) have discovered that the planetary ring system that covered t...
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Let the sun shine in Leiden! 26 January 2015The Leiden Observatory is starting a crowdfunding campaign to raise enough money to construct a new telescope.