News Overview
ASTRON develops heart of new supercomputer for world’s largest radio telescope
ASTRON has developed the heart of the new supercomputer for SKA, the future largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the world.
ASTRON once again assessed as world leading
ASTRON has been evaluated as excellent in all categories of NWO’s 2017 evaluation process.
The Square Kilometre Array for development
“The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is an excellent tool to drive development in South Africa”, stated Naledi Pandor.
Astronomer Joeri van Leeuwen receives Vici grant
Astronomer Joeri van Leeuwen of ASTRON receives a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros to hunt for the source of gravitational waves.
SKA Netherlands Roadmap meeting
On 30 January 2018, 40 astronomers and engineers participated in the second SKA Netherlands Roadmap face-to-face meeting, held at ASTRON in Dwingeloo.
ASTRON/JIVE Summer Student Programme 2018
The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) and the Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) announce the availability of a limited number of grants for their 2018 Summer Research Programme.
Most powerful Dutch GPU supercomputer boosts new radio telescope
Aims to uncover Fast Radio Bursts using gaming technology
Astronomers peer into the lair of a mysterious cosmic radio burster
An international team of astronomers has used two of the world’s largest radio telescopes to show that a mysterious source of radio bursts is in an astonishingly extreme and unusual environment.
Visit Australian ambassador Dr Brett Mason
The Australian ambassador, His Excellency Dr Brett Mason, visited ASTRON on Tuesday 19 December 2017.
Habitable planets around pulsars theoretically possible
It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars.
Designing The SKA Telescopes – From Lab To Outback: The Story Of AAVS1 So Far
It is an understatement to say that designing and building a world-class scientific instrument comes with its challenges.
Agreement signed for LOFAR station in Latvia
The world’s biggest connected radio telescope will expand into Latvia.