News Overview
Renovated Dwingeloo Telescope reveals 100 exoplanets
Nobel Prize winner prof. Joseph Hooton Taylor is honorary guest at the reopening ceremony of the restored Dwingeloo Radio Telescope on Saturday 5 April.
Discovery of Super‑Powered Black Hole in Nearby Galaxy M83
A team of astronomers presented the exciting discovery of a black hole that has been blasting out a powerful release of energy for over 10,000 years.
Bullying black holes force galaxies to stay red and dead
Herschel has discovered massive elliptical galaxies in the nearby Universe containing plenty of cold gas, even though the galaxies fail to produce new stars
Gravity-lab discovered: a pulsar in a unique triple star system
An international team of astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) has discovered a pulsar that is orbited by two white dwarf stars.
ERC Synergy Grant to image event horizon of black hole
The ERC has awarded 14 Million Euros to a team of European astrophysicists to construct the first accurate image of a black hole.
ERC grant for astronomer Joeri van Leeuwen
Dr. Joeri van Leeuwen (ASTRON/University of Amsterdam) was awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
Super-telescope LOFAR finds its first pulsars
The radio telescope LOFAR has discovered two new pulsars – fast-spinning neutron stars, remnants of massive supernova explosions.
Surprising Image Provides New Tool for Studying a Galaxy
An international group of astronomers, including George Heald (ASTRON /RuG), has found a surprising and useful new probe of galactic magnetic fields.
Astronomers observe pulsar switching in energy source
An international team of astronomers have used a host of radio and X-ray telescopes to catch a pulsar undergoing a radical switch in energy source.
Astronomer Michael Garrett wins IBM Faculty Award
IBM announces that prof.dr. Michael Garrett has received the IBM 2013 Big Data and Analytics Faculty Award.
Jets blow gas out of a galaxy
he jets which are shot away into space by the supermassive black hole in the centre of a galaxy, clear gas away from the galaxy.
New pulsar explores feeding habits of Milky Way’s black hole
A team of astronomers, including Heino Falcke and Adam Deller, has discovered radio pulses from a neutron star close to a supermassive black hole.