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New KiDS result: Universe 10 per cent more homogeneous than assumed 31 July 2020New results from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) show that the Universe is almost 10 percent more homogeneous than previously thought. The new KiDS map ...
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Astronomers capture first-ever image of a multi-planet system around a Sun-like star 22 July 2020An international team led by Leiden astronomers has taken the first-ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. The rese...
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This is how ESA telescope Euclid is going to visualise dark matter 25 February 2020How can you see something that’s invisible? Well, with Euclid! This future ESA telescope will map the structure of the Universe and teach us more abou...
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Searching explanations for mysterious structures in protoplanetary disks 12 December 2019In the discs of dust and gasses around young stars, mysterious structures occur. Together with professor Ewine van Dishoeck, PhD student Paolo Cazzole...
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Searching for the origins of life in space with 8.9 million euros 01 November 2019With 8.9 million euros from the Danish National Research Foundation, Aarhus University and Leiden Observatory will establish the Center for Interstell...
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A first glimpse at the new SRON building 01 November 2019SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is moving. The headquarters of the institute will relocate to the Science Campus of Leiden University. I...
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‘Relocation SRON only offers opportunities’ 22 October 2019SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is moving. In 2021, the Utrecht branch of the institute will be located in South-Holland. Leiden profess...
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A matter of dark matter 14 October 2019Is our universe built up out of warm or cold dark matter? The standard model assumes cold dark matter particles, but astronomer Sylvia Ploeckinger is ...
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Experience one hundred years of astronomy at the Old Observatory 17 April 2019How big is the universe? How do stars form and evolve? And does life exist elsewhere in the Universe? These main questions in astronomy are the themes...
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Astronomers capture first image of a black hole 10 April 2019For the first time, astronomers have managed to take a photo of a supermassive black hole and its shadow. They used the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT),...
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From proof-of-concept to solving astronomical mysteries 18 March 2019SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research is moving. In 2021, the Utrecht branch will settle in South Holland. Assistant professor at TU Delft, Ak...
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Young stars in the Orion Nebula are practicing birth control 07 January 2019Astronomers from Leiden University have discovered that the star wind from a newborn star in the Orion Nebula prevents more stars from forming in the ...
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Explore the universe in VR 18 October 2018Navigating through the universe with VR glasses? It is possible, with the help of the new computer application built by Marc Driessen, a Computer Scie...
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Gaia spots stars flying between galaxies 02 October 2018A team of Leiden astronomers used the latest set of data from ESA’s Gaia mission to look for high-velocity stars being kicked out of the Milky Way, bu...
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A Universe aglow 01 October 2018Deep observations made with the MUSE spectrograph on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have uncovered vast cosmic reservoirs of atomic hydrogen surrounding d...