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Life after the Grand Jamboree: Wrapping-up iGEM10 November 2022‘A challenging rollercoaster, but also a very bonding and insightful experience,’ that’s how the team of iGEM Leiden 2022 wraps up their participation...
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LOFAR antennas unveil giant glow of radio emission surrounding cluster of galaxies02 November 2022A Dutch-Italian-German team of astronomers has observed a huge glow of radio emission around a cluster of thousands of galaxies. They combined data fr...
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Clusters of galaxies better in view with radio X-ray combination17 October 2022Through the clever use of two types of telescopes, a team of researchers has produced stunning images of clusters of galaxies. This not only produces ...
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Ewine van Dishoeck receives the Niels Bohr medal07 October 2022Leiden professor of molecular astrophysics and astrochemistry Ewine van Dishoeck was presented with the Niels Bohr International Gold Medal on Friday ...
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Ewine van Dishoeck interviews minister Dijkgraaf - Astronomy celebrates 60 years of ESO04 October 2022With a special symposium at Museum Boerhaave, ESO celebrated its 60th anniversary on Monday, 26 September. More than 100 scientists, politicians and p...
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Harold Linnartz opnieuw benoemd voor vier jaar28 September 2022Prof Harold Linnartz has been reappointed Director of Education of the bachelor and master programmes of Astronomy. The appointment is for a period of...
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From research in space to director on earth08 September 2022After ten years and one day, Leiden Observatory has a new director. As of 1 September, Ignas Snellen will set the course for the astronomical institut...
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Webb detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere25 August 2022The James Webb Space Telescope has found evidence of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere of a giant planet 700 light years away. This result provid...
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Mapping the universe with a NWO grant of 3.1 million04 August 2022With the new Euclid satellite, scientists are going to map a large part of the sky. The satellite ofthe European Space Agency (ESA) will soon give t...
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Four Leiden consortia awarded large NWO grants27 July 2022No less than four Leiden research teams have been awarded a grant by NWO. On 27 July NWO honoured 21 applications in the Open Competition ENW-XL. NWO ...
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Ignas Snellen new Scientific Director of Leiden Observatory26 July 2022As of 16 August Ignas Snellen is the new Scientific Director of the astronomical institute of the Faculty of Science. He will succeed Huub Rottgering,...
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New podcast about astronomy for the greater good21 July 2022How does astronomy benefit you? The new single-episode podcast Cosmic Perspectives explores the impact of Dutch astronomy on society: from building po...
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Ewine van Dishoeck goes stargazing15 July 2022From the birth of the universe to the molecules in a planet's atmosphere. The first five pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show the ...
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Spinoza Prize for astrophysicist Ignas Snellen17 June 2022With his clever measuring methods Ignas Snellen – together with his team – was the first to detect carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of exoplanets. Fo...
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Gaia sees strange stars in most detailed Milky Way survey to date13 June 2022Today, ESA’s Gaia mission releases its new treasure trove of data about our home galaxy. Astronomers, led by the Leiden astronomer Anthony Brown, desc...