Ten-year LOFAR project at ASTRON leads to ‘most detailed ever’ images of galaxies
The huge LOFAR radio telescope is located in Exloo, Drenthe Translated by Thomas Ansell The Dutch national astronomy institute in ...
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ASTRON institute use radio telescope to observe ‘brown dwarf’ sub-star
ASTRON's LOFAR low-frequency array radio telescope identified the magnetic field of the 'brown dwarf' Translated by J Bank Researchers from ...
Dutch research institute ASTRON makes major breakthrough
The breakthrough could lead to a better understanding of habitable planets Using the Dutch-led Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, ...
“We have unusual water-cooler chats!” an interview with Carole Jackson of ASTRON
What does it mean to make it in the north? This is part of a series of portraits of local ...
RUG and ASTRON have discovered six galaxies that shouldn’t exist
The discovery of the six 'dim dwarf galaxies' took the researchers by surprise. An international team of scientists led by Pavel ...
ASTRON to get 30 million euros to help create world’s largest radio telescope
The Dutch government will invest 30 million euros in the Dutch contribution to creating the largest radio telescope on earth, ...
Drachten Innovation Cluster hosting High Tech Career Competition
On the 14th of November, the Drachten Innovation Cluster will be hosting a High Tech Career Competition for aspiring high tech ...
Astronomy faculty building gravitational wave telescopes
The astronomy faculty of the University of Groningen is building three telescopes which can detect light from gravitational waves. Translation ...
ASTRON shows off telescope “heart” to science minister
ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, has developed a computer board called Gemini which will be the "heart" of ...
Drenthe telescope on Chinese lunar satellite
If all goes according to plan, a radio telescope from the northern Dutch province of Drenthe will be on board ...