From 31 October to 4 November His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima are on a State visit to Australia.
Science in a Digital World
As a participant and partner of the 4th National eScience Symposium, we had a great day on 13 October.
Stefan Wijnholds appointed as Extraordinary Associate Professor
The University of Stellenbosch has appointed Stefan J. Wijnholds as Extraordinary Associate Professor.
Dutch radio antenna to depart for the moon on Chinese mission
Researchers at Radboud University, ASTRON and the Delft company ISIS are to develop a new instrument that will be onboard the Chinese Chang’e 4 satellite.
Black Hole Fed by Cold Intergalactic Deluge
An international team of astronomers has witnessed a cosmic weather event that has never been seen before using ALMA.
Joeri van Leeuwen wins the Willem de Graaff Prize 2016
The board of the Nederlandse Astronomenclub (NAC) awarded the Willem de Graaff award 2016 to astronomer Dr. Joeri van Leeuwen (ASTRON, UvA).
Dr. Jason W.T. Hessels wins the Pastoor Schmeits Prize for astronomy
The Pastoor Schmeits Prize for astronomy will be awarded to Dr. Jason Hessels.
Possible Extragalactic Source of High-Energy Neutrinos
Coincidence of a highly energetic outburst of an active galactic nucleus with a neutrino event at PeV energy.
Variass to manufacture 64-Bit Microservers Developed by ASTRON and IBM
Yesterday it was announced that Variass will manufacture the first 26 64-bit Microservers for ASTRON and IBM.
LOFAR can now also be used as particle detector
An international team of astronomers have figured out radio signals that LOFAR captures when elementary particles from space collide with the Earth’s atmosphere.
SKA-linked telescopes follow up on LIGO gravitational waves announcement
Several weeks ago, physicists at The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves.
Mysterious cosmic radio bursts found to repeat
Astronomers for the first time have detected repeating short-duration bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source which is likely located well beyond the edge of our Milky Way galaxy.