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Astronomers find dark matter galaxy far, far away

Thu, 19/01/2012 - 09:02
In a discovery announced Jan. 18, a team of researchers including astronomers at ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, the Kapteyn Institute of the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA), has found a dark dwarf galaxy about 10 billion light years from Earth. It is only the second such galaxy ever observed outside our local universe, and is by far the most distant. Read more

Prof. Steve Rawlings

Tue, 17/01/2012 - 09:03
We are deeply saddened by the news of the sudden death of Prof. Steve Rawlings (Oxford University). Steve made a major contribution to the activities of ASTRON ‑ until recently he was chair of the ASTRON Scientific Advisory Committee and a vocal proponent for the adoption of aperture array technologies in next generation radio telescopes, such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Read more

LOFAR telescope features on Science.com and Nature.com

Mon, 16/01/2012 - 15:33

The first science results with LOFAR and the kick off of the all-sky survey sparked the interest of many journalists, among whom Eric Hand of Nature magazine: http://www.nature.com/news/radio-array-starts-work-1.9762 and Govert Schilling in Science magazine: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/01/scienceshot-new-telescope-captures.html?ref=hp. Read more

International LOFAR radio telescope kicks off all-sky survey

Mon, 16/01/2012 - 14:44
World's most complex radio telescope begins its first low frequency survey of the sky, as it prepares to
open its doors to the international astronomy community this year. Read more

A Boost for European Radio Astronomy

Tue, 10/01/2012 - 16:16
The European radio astronomy collaboration, RadioNet, is recognized as the European entity to give access to and to exploit a number of excellent facilities in this field of astronomical research. The application for funding its latest version - RadioNet3 - has been successful, and a total of 9.5 million Euro have been granted by the European Commission for the years 2012 to 2015. Read more

New all-sky map shows magnetic fields at highest precision

Tue, 06/12/2011 - 13:31

With a unique new all-sky map, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) in collaboration with, among others, one of the ASTRON astronomers, have made significant progress toward measuring the magnetic field structure of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail. Read more

Innovatie & industrie bij elkaar bij congres Sensor Universe

Fri, 25/11/2011 - 15:37

Wetenschappelijke projecten, geïnitieerd door instituten uit Noord-Nederland, vertegenwoordigen een geschat werkvolume van minstens 100 miljoen euro. Dit biedt de industrie grote kansen op hoogwaardige opdrachten, door vroegtijdig betrokken te zijn bij de ontwikkeling van nieuwe kennis en ook bij de bouw van de uiteindelijke systemen, de zogenaamde 'roll-out fase'. Read more

Grants for ASTRON & JIVE Summer Student Programme 2012

Thu, 24/11/2011 - 16:19
The 2012 Summer Research Programme of ASTRON and JIVE enables astronomy students (graduate or advanced under-graduate) to spend the summer (10 to 12 weeks) at the Dwingeloo Observatory, conducting astronomical research under the supervision of staff members. This year, the Summer Student Programme is a collaborative effort of JIVE and the ASTRON departments Astronomy Group, Radio Observatory and R&D.

You can find more information in the 2012 programme. Read more

International partners join forces for SKA telescope

Wed, 23/11/2011 - 13:59
Seven national governmental and research organizations today announced the formation of the SKA Organization, an independent, not-for-profit company established to formalize relationships with international partners and centralize the leadership of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project.

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Youngest supernova ever imaged just after explosion

Wed, 23/11/2011 - 11:39

To catch a supernova is not an easy task. To detect it with radio telescopes requires hard work, extensive coordination and good luck. An international team of astronomers including, researchers at ASTRON and JIVE in the Netherlands, has taken a picture of the youngest radio supernova ever. Read more

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