Dutch astronomers prove last piece of gas feedback-feeding loop of black hole
Three astronomers from the Netherlands have proven that gas that was previously heated near a supermassive black hole and flowed to the outskirts of the galaxy and cooled down, is moving back towards the black hole. While there had been indirect evidence for this theory, this is the first time that the cooled gas moving toward the black hole has actually been observed.
Super sharp images reveal a possible hypernebula powered by a source of fast radio bursts
A team led by astronomers in the Netherlands have confirmed a repeating FRB source to be linked to a potential ‘hypernebula’ – a dense and highly magnetised cloud of plasma that is illuminated by a powerful but still mysterious source.
Astronomers discover ultra-fast radio bursts in archived data
An international team of researchers led by Dutch Ph.D. candidate Mark Snelders has discovered radio pulses that last only millionths of a second.
ERC Starting Grant Awarded to Dr. Aditya Parthasarathy
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Dr. Aditya Parthasarathy a prestigious and extremely competitive grant to pursue his research at ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy.
Kootwijk Würzburg restored
© CC-BY-SA 4.0 Museum Vliegbasis Deelen / ASTRON archive
Unfortunately the restored dish is not part of an exposition; it is now in storage. We have heard that the restoration took so much effort that they do not want to expose the dish to the weather ever again. The museum does, however, provide good photos of the restored dish, through its archive at archief.museumdeelen.nl (search for 'Riese').
The collage shows, in black an white, an exterior photo of the telescope with Maarten Schmidt and Gart Westerhout, and an internal view featuring Lex Muller. The historic images were taken by Arie Hin. The color photos are from Museum Deelen, showing what the telescope looks like now, in the storage in Elst.
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell public lecture
Wed 13 Dec 2023
We have the honour of welcoming Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell to the Netherlands. On 13 December 2023, she will give a public lecture in Amsterdam at the Science Park. Recently, ASTRON announced the Bell Burnell Fellowship, named in honour, and with support of, Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell. The Bell Burnell Postdoctoral Fellowship is designed […]
