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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Groningen professor awarded with European prize for ‘exceptional achievements as an astronomer’
The Groningen professor Amina Helmi, who works at the Kapteyn Institute, has received a European award for an exceptional achievement ...
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 ...
University of Groningen astronomy professor Amina Helmi wins Spinoza Prize
One of the 2019 winners of the Spinoza Prize, which is worth 2.5 million euros in research funding and is ...
University of Groningen’s contributions to the first image of a black hole
On Wednesday, the entire world got its first glimpse at one of the universe’s most enduring mysteries: a black hole. ...
University of Groningen astronomer Helmi wins Suffrage Science Award
Professor Amina Helmi, an Argentine astronomer at the University of Groningen, will be awarded the Suffrage Science Award in London ...
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, ...
