News Overview
ASTRON’s new LOFAR telescope shows first fringes
A team of astronomers and engineers at ASTRON has successfully detected correlated interferometric radio signals from the sky with the first full-scale LOFAR stations.
Spacegirls win Dutch space competition CanSat
The Spacegirls from Assen, have won the national space competition for high school students, called CanSat.
An exploding star in an “exploding” galaxy
Discovery of radio supernova SN 2008iz in the nearby starburst galaxy M82
“Missing Link” reveals birth of a radio millisecond pulsar
As part of an international team of astronomers, ASTRON astronomers Jason Hessels and Joeri van Leeuwen have discovered a unique binary star system.
Most distant detection of water in the Universe
Astronomers have found the most distant signs of water in the Universe to date.
10 Million Euro for RadioNet FP7!
RadioNet FP7 has grown, now involving 26 partners from 13 different countries, contributing effort to 18 independent work packages.
Westerbork Telescope participates in marathon observation
Radio telescopes around the world will conduct a nearly continuous 33-hour observation of three quasars today and tomorrow.
SKA Essential Facility for Future of European Astronomy
Europe’s 20 year plan for astronomy was unveiled on 25 November 2008 by the ASTRONET consortium at the Academy of Sciences, Paris, France.
Westerbork Telescope reveals nature of Hanny’s Voorwerp
New observations made by radio telescopes have finally revealed thenature of the bizarre object known as “Hanny’s voorwerp” (SDSSJ094103.80+344334.2).