By connecting two of the biggest radio telescopes in the world, astronomers have discovered that a simple binary wind cannot cause the puzzling periodicity of a Fast Radio Burst after all.
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After almost a decade of work, an international team of astronomers has published the most detailed images yet seen of galaxies beyond our own, revealing their inner workings in unprecedented detail.
Astronomer Harish Vedantham of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) and the University of Groningen has been awarded a ‘VIDI' grant of 800,000 Euros from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
At a historic meeting of its Council on 25 June 2021, the SKA Observatory (SKAO) saw its Member States give the green light for construction of the SKA telescopes in Australia and South Africa to commence. We spoke to Michiel van Haarlem, head of the Dutch SKA Office at ASTRON, about what this important milestone means.
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Colloquium: Astronomy and climate crisis: are we part of the problem or part of the solution?
© Image credit: Victoria Grinberg (Astronomers for Planet Earth)
In this talk, I will try to address the above questions from a personal perspective as an active astronomy researcher and offer not only a summary of some of the recent findings in the area, but also thoughts on how to be part of the solution instead of the problem.
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