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NAC 2023 to be held in Leeuwarden in May

The 78th edition of the Nederlandse Astronomen Conferentie (NAC) will be held this year in the Westcord WTC hotel in Leeuwarden from 15 to 17 May.

Astronomy
News
Published by the editorial team, 6 March 2023

ASTRON astronomy groups focus on LOFAR and SKA

Recently, the astronomy group within the A&O department of ASTRON went through a reformation: instead of several focus groups, it now consists of two groups: the LOFAR Science Group and the SKA Science Group. The LOFAR Science Group is led by André Offringa, the SKA Science Group by Joe Callingham.

Astronomy
LOFAR
News
SKA
Published by the editorial team, 21 February 2023

Major upgrade of International LOFAR Telescope approved

The ILT Board has approved the order for the LOFAR2.0 upgrade of all 52 stations plus 2 additional stations of the International LOFAR Telescope (ILT), plus spare parts. A total of € 10 million investment goes to orders at the Dutch companies Neways, Major Electronics, Variass, and Batenburg Industriële Elektronica.

LOFAR
News
telescopes
Published by the editorial team, 7 February 2023

Michiel Brentjens wins Teacher of the Year 2022 award

Michiel Brentjens has won the award for Teacher of the Year 2022 at Leiden University.

News
Published by the editorial team, 12 January 2023

Jessica Dempsey nominated for Drenthe Woman in the Media Award

ASTRON-director Jessica Dempsey has been nominated for the Woman in the Media Award for Drenthe.

News
Published by the editorial team, 5 January 2023

People of ASTRON: Klaas Kliffen

Klaas Kliffen is a software engineer without a background in radio astronomy.

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People of ASTRON
Published by the editorial team, 22 December 2022

ASTRON involved in European consortium to develop next-gen technologies for radio astronomy infrastructures

The RADIOBLOCKS project has been granted 10 M€ by the European Commission to develop “common building blocks” for technological solutions beyond state-of-the-art, that will enable a broad range of new science and enhance European scientific competitiveness.

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Science
Published by the editorial team, 16 December 2022

Construction of Square Kilometre Array commences

Today, SKA Observatory celebrates the start of on-site construction of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

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SKA
telescopes
Published by the editorial team, 5 December 2022

Astronomers discuss future of Space VLBI in Dwingeloo

On 17-19 October 2022, JIVE and ASTRON co-hosted the 3rd Next Generation VLBI workshop (ngSVLBI-3) in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands. The hybrid workshop was attended both in-person and remotely by about ninety participants from all over the world.

News
telescopes
Published by the editorial team, 14 November 2022

LOFAR detects gigantic radio sources in the universe

An international research team has discovered four radio sources of up to ten million light years in size: megahalos.

LOFAR
News
Published by the editorial team, 19 October 2022

People of ASTRON: Fanna Lautenbach

In People of ASTRON we share stories about the people at ASTRON. Who are the people behind the discoveries and innovations and also, who are the people that make sure that everything runs smoothly? Software engineer Fanna Lautenbach studied both astronomy and computer science and found her perfect working place here at ASTRON.

People of ASTRON
Published by the editorial team, 7 October 2022

ERIS 2022 School inspires next generation of radio astronomers

Over 70 students from all over the world participated in the 9th European Radio Interferometry School (ERIS 2022) hosted by JIVE and ASTRON in Dwingeloo (the Netherlands) on 19-23 September 2022.

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Science
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Published by the editorial team, 30 September 2022

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