Scientists led by Chalmers astronomer Franz Kirsten have studied a famous source of repeating fast radio bursts – a still unexplained cosmic phenomenon. Comparing with earlier measurements, the scientists draw a conclusion with far-reaching consequences: any source of fast radio bursts will repeat, if watched long enough and carefully enough. The research team, a unique collaboration between professional and amateur radio astronomers, used four telescopes in northern Europe, amongst which ASTRON’s Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope.

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.

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.

Ondernemers, start-ups, intermediairs en bedrijfscontactfunctionarissen opgelet! Op 14 november opent ASTRON de deuren voor een inspirerende middag in Noord-Nederland en ontdek hoe ASTRON start-ups, scale-ups en MKB-bedrijven kan ondersteunen. Met deze bijeenkomst geeft ASTRON het startschot van een actief netwerk waarin innovatieve bedrijven, MKB, start-ups, kennisinstellingen en bestaande netwerkverbanden en hubs elkaar makkelijker kunnen vinden. […]

An international team of researchers led by Dutch Ph.D. candidate Mark Snelders has discovered radio pulses that last only millionths of a second.

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 […]

Op zondag 8 oktober organiseren ASTRON en Stichting LofarTafel samen met Het Drentse Landschap een open dag in de LofarZone tussen Buinen en Exloo, waar het hart ligt van LOFAR, de grootste radiotelescoop ter wereld! Onze open dag vindt dit jaar dus NIET plaats in Dwingeloo. Er worden excursies over natuur en astronomie gegeven, er […]

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.