News Overview
Cosmic aurora lights up the connection between two galaxy clusters
For the first time ever, a stream of magnetic fields and relativistic electrons along a filament that connects the clusters of galaxies Abell 0399 and Abell 0401 has been identified.
Large spiral galaxies very efficient at producing stars
Large spiral galaxies, such as our neighbour the Andromeda Galaxy, leave virtually no gas or dust particles unused during the formation of stars.
ASTRON opent eerste Open Science Hub in Dwingeloo
ASTRON, het Nederlands instituut voor radioastronomie, heeft samen met de Rabobank Het Drentse Land en de gemeente Westerveld de eerste Open Science Hub in Drenthe geopend.
SKA Science Data Processor consortium concludes work
The SKA’s SDP consortium has concluded its engineering design work, marking the end of five years’ work to design one of two supercomputers that will process the enormous amounts of data produced by the SKA’s telescopes.
Why lightning often strikes twice
New study reveals needle-like structures in positively charged lightning leaders
Astronomers Capture First Image of a Black Hole
ASTRON congratulates JIVE with their contribution to the observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87.
Energy loss gives unexpected insights in evolution of quasar jets
An international team of astrophysicists observed for the first time that the jet of a quasar is less powerful on long radio wavelengths than earlier predicted.
Founding Members sign SKA Observatory treaty
The Netherlands along with 6 other countries involved in the SKA Project have come together for the signature of the treaty establishing the intergovernmental organisation that will oversee the delivery of the worlds’ largest radio telescope.
New sky map detects hundreds of thousands of unknown galaxies
An international team of more than 200 astronomers from 18 countries has published the first phase of a major new radio sky survey at unprecedented sensitivity using the LOFAR telescope.
COBALT2.0 sets the stage for a fully multitasking LOFAR
On Monday 11 February, we acquired the new state of the art ‘brains’ for the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR).
International Central Signal Processor consortium concludes design work
The international CSP consortium has concluded its design work on the SKA, marking the end of five years’ work comprised of 11 signatory members from 8 countries with more than 10 additional participating organisations.
The Netherlands is going to monitor eruptions on the sun
ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) and S[&]T (Science [&] Technology) are starting the design of a solar radio telescope that directly detects eruptions on the sun.