News Overview
LOFAR creates radio photos of the solar eclipse
All the solar eclipse radio photos that are made with the LOFAR telescope.
World’s largest radio telescope takes major step towards construction
Last week the SKA Board of Directors unanimously agreed to move the world’s largest radio telescope forward to its final pre-construction phase.
LOFAR’s record-sharp image gives astronomers a new view of galaxy M82
An international team of astronomers used the giant radio telescope LOFAR to create the sharpest astronomical image ever taken at very long radio wavelengths.
The disappearance of the cosmic spinning top
Scientists measured the space-time warp in the gravity of a binary star and determined the mass of a neutron star — just before it disappeared.
NWO TOP grant for Prof. Dr. Tom Oosterloo to search for the darkest galaxies
Prof. Dr. Tom Oosterloo has been awarded a prestigious TOP grant from NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.
LOFAR discovers largest carbon atoms outside our Milky Way
An international team of astronomers has for the first time discovered the largest carbon atoms outside our Milky Way with the LOFAR radio telescope.
Swirling Electrons in the Whirlpool Galaxy
The whirlpool galaxy Messier 51 (M51) is seen from a distance of approximately 30 million light years.
NASA’s Fermi Finds A ‘Transformer’ Pulsar
In late June 2013, an exceptional binary containing a rapidly spinning neutron star underwent a dramatic change in behaviour never before observed.
Radio-burst discovery deepens astrophysics mystery
Brief pulse detected by Arecibo telescope appears to come from far beyond our galaxy
Astronomers find supermassive black hole blasting molecular gas at one million kilometers per hour from a galaxy
New research has solved a long-standing mystery surrounding the evolution of galaxies, which deepens our understanding of the future of the Milky Way.
Nomination Christiaan Huygens Science Award 2014 for Stefan Wijnholds
Stefan Wijnholds, working as a researcher at ASTRON, has been nominated for the Christiaan Huygens Science Award 2014.
12 M€ for Netherlands contribution to design of the Square Kilometre Array
A consortium consisting of ASTRON and several Dutch Universities has been awarded 12M€ for their participation in the design of the SKA.