The 29th edition of the ADASS conference will be held for the first time in the Netherlands at MartiniPlaza in Groningen between 6-10 October.
Zes sterrenstelsels ontdekt met amper donkere materie
Een internationaal team sterrenkundigen onder leiding van Pavel Mancera Piña heeft zes lichtzwakke dwergsterrenstelsels ontdekt die amper donkere materie bevatten.
Royal couple visits ASTRON
On 18 September 2019 the Royal couple visited ASTRON and the Dwingeloo Telescope as part of their ‘Streekbezoek’ to the province of Drenthe.
Cosmic polar researchers map neutron stars
Scientists have for the first time succeeded in determining the topography of both magnetic poles of a neutron star.
The Netherlands is first to ratify participation in the construction of the world’s largest radio telescope
The SKA Observatory has taken an important step forward thanks to the ratification of the SKA Observatory Convention by the parliament of the Netherlands.
Radio Astronomy driving new competences and innovation on the European scale
LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) is the world’s largest and most sensitive low frequency radio telescope.
ASTRON boosts performance of the LOFAR radio telescope with a new GPU-cluster
We have successfully replaced the GPU-cluster of the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR).
Star formation may be halted by cold ionised hydrogen
For the first time ionised hydrogen has been detected at the lowest frequency ever towards the centre of our Galaxy.
SKA Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) Consortium completes planning work
The international engineering consortium tasked with planning the AIV of the SKA has formally completed its work in another important engineering step towards construction of the telescope.
Wim van Cappellen wint Vederprijs
De Vederprijs gaat dit jaar naar Wim van Cappellen van ASTRON, het Nederlands Instituut voor Radioastronomie, voor zijn werk aan het Apertif-ontvangstsysteem van de Westerbork Synthese Radio Telescoop.
Galaxy clusters caught at first kiss
For the first time, astronomers have found two giant clusters of galaxies that are just about to collide.
Astronomers observe the ‘smoking gun’ of an orphan gamma-ray burst afterglow
Astronomers have found the ‘smoking gun’ of an ‘orphan’ gamma-ray burst afterglow. Gamma-ray bursts are brief, intense flashes of gamma-rays that are difficult to detect.