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Leiden’s Astronomy and Society group develops new materials for public engagement trainers21 February 2022Do you practice public engagement? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has just released a unique set of open-source materials designed to be u...
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Dutch researchers uncover hidden supermassive black hole16 February 2022An international team of astronomers led by Violeta Gámez Rosas (Leiden University) has observed a supermassive black hole hidden in a ring of dust. T...
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Astronomers find largest radio galaxy ever16 February 2022By a stroke of luck, a team led by Dutch PhD student Martijn Oei has discovered a radio galaxy of at least 16 million lightyears long. The pair of pla...
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Ewine van Dishoeck in children's book: 'Follow your heart and make sure you become very good at something'15 February 2022Professor of Molecular Astrophysics Ewine van Dishoeck is portrayed as a heroine in a pictorial children's book. ‘It starts with a dream' tells the st...
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New detection method for quasars in the early Universe09 February 2022Astronomers from Leiden Observatory have developed a new method to find distant quasars and better distinguish them from other objects that look like ...
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Astronomy through a pinhole01 February 2022You can make some astounding images using just a box with a hole. Inspired by the celebration of Leiden as the European City of Science, Professor Mat...
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A much sharper picture of the universe with new algorithms and supercomputers31 January 2022With new algorithms and supercomputers, an incredibly detailed radio map of the universe was created. Now astronomers can look at radio data of galaxi...
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Tracing space ice and the building blocks of life21 January 2022An unprecedented space telescope, an astrolab that makes space ice and molecules that may lead to the origin of life… The Ice Age project has all the ...
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From the birth of galaxies to an IMAX movie on the big screen. Leiden partnership wins award from the Royal Astronomical Society14 January 2022Simulation project EAGLE has won the 2022 Group Achievement Award of the Royal Astronomical Society. EAGLE is a large collection of simulations about ...
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The launch of a new era: Leiden and the James Webb telescope (part II)23 December 2021After 25 years, December will finally see the launch of the long-awaited James Webb space telescope. Leiden astronomers are watching with great excite...
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The launch of a new era: Leiden and the James Webb telescope (Part I)17 December 2021
After 25 years, this December will finally see the launch of the long-awaited James Webb space telescope (JWST). Leiden astronomers are watching with ...
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Veni grant for ten Leiden researchers14 December 2021Ten Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant, of up to 280,000 euros, will enable them to elab...
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These Science students excelled and won a KHMW Young Talent Prize06 December 2021No fewer than seven Leiden FWN students received a Young Talent Award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences on Monday, 29 November. Mark van den Bo...
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Leiden project wins international astronomy engagement award02 December 2021The online summer programme Space in Your Living Room by Leiden Observatory has won the first prize ‘Most Innovative Event’ of the Astronomy@Home Awar...
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These eleven Leiden Science researchers are among the most highly cited19 November 2021Eleven researchers of the Faculty of Science are on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list of Clarivate Analytics. Only 0.1 per cent of researchers ar...