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Astronomy / Space - 16.10.2024
Nijmegen students warn space mission for noisy white dwarfs
The background noise of gravitational waves from orbiting white dwarf stars will be stronger than the noise from double black holes.
Astronomy / Space - Physics - 04.10.2024
PRIMA selected as candidate for NASA’s Probe mission
Out of the eight projects that competed to become NASA's Probe mission, only two remain. The Probe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) and the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXiS) have been selected for the second round.
Astronomy / Space - Physics - 22.08.2024
3 Body Problem: The phenomenon from the Netflix series dissected
The popular Netflix series 3 Body Problem, which launched in March 2024, delves into many topics that the researchers at the Faculty of Science deal with on a daily basis.
Astronomy / Space - Environment - 28.06.2024
TU Delft student team designs a self-supporting lunar village
Dream Team -Space Oasis Delfthas designed a lunar village for 150+ residents. The dwellings have elements of biomimicry, contain a self-sustaining biosphere and simulate a day-night cycle as well as seasons.
Astronomy / Space - Environment - 28.06.2024
Dream Team designs a self-supporting lunar village
Dream Team -Space Oasis Delfthas designed a lunar village for 150+ residents. The dwellings have elements of biomimicry, contain a self-sustaining biosphere and simulate a day-night cycle as well as seasons.
Astronomy / Space - 07.06.2024
Weird neutron star is part of an unusual star system
A pulsar whose behaviour could not easily be explained turns out to be part of an unusual dual system.
Astronomy / Space - Mathematics - 04.06.2024
Gravitational waves and the geometry of spacetime
Sjors Heefer explored unique solutions to an extension of general relativity as part of his cum laude PhD research.
Astronomy / Space - Campus - 23.04.2024
Paul Vermunt receives Living Planet Fellowship from ESA
With the grant, Paul Vermunt will research how to use satellites from ESA and others to measure forest water content.
Astronomy / Space - Physics - 06.03.2024
Balloon Telescope GUSTO lands on Antarctica after record-breaking flight
Astronomy / Space - Physics - 19.02.2024
Twente consortium develops vibration-free cooling for measuring gravitational waves
Astronomy / Space - Computer Science - 25.01.2024
Gravitational wave detector LISA officially adopted by ESA as mission
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) opens up a new part of the gravitational wave spectrum as the first space-based detector.
Astronomy / Space - 08.12.2023
Research into the Big Bang: an inflatable antenna in space
The antenna can pick up very weak signals in space that are 14 billion years old. Niels Vertegaal, a doctoral candidate at TU Eindhoven, is developing an inflatable antenna to learn more about the Big Bang.
Astronomy / Space - 14.11.2023
The Delft Satellite Delfi-C3 Has Come to Its End
Astronomy / Space - 07.11.2023
ESA presents first razor-sharp Euclid photos of the cosmos
The first full-colour images of the cosmos from ESA's space telescope Euclid were presented on October 7, 2023.
Astronomy / Space - Event - 11.09.2023
Heino Falcke receives Balzan Prize for high-resolution images of black holes
Research Management - Astronomy / Space - 09.05.2023
Over ¤3 million for Organ-on-Chip Development
Astronomy / Space - Career - 09.05.2023
NWO grant for telescope that can film black holes in colour
Astronomy / Space - Physics - 31.03.2023
ERC Starting Grant for relatively new academic field
Physics - Astronomy / Space - 30.03.2023
ERC Advanced Grant for research on senses and fast X-ray flashes
Radboud researchers Uta Noppeney and Peter Jonker have both been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The amount of the Advanced Grant may vary, but it is about ¤2.5 million that can be used by the recipients to continue their research for the next five years. A total of ¤544 million in grants will be allocated to 218 projects across Europe in this round.
Environment - Astronomy / Space - 02.03.2023
Eight projects with Utrecht researchers funded from DRC-LSRI grant
Eight projects involving researchers from Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht receive funding from the National Roadmap for Large-scale Research Infrastructure programme.
Astronomy / Space - Physics - 14.12.2022
Astronomers receive ERC Synergy Grant to make colour movies of black holes and build new telescope in Africa
Astronomy / Space - 14.12.2022
Back to the Beginning: Radio waves from the deep space past
After four years in Australia, Mike Kriele returned to the Netherlands to defend his thesis and shared his research on the Square Kilometer Array.
Innovation - Astronomy / Space - 12.12.2022
’Malicious armed forces have a lot of leeway’
Professor of Military Law Marten Zwanenburg is examining the law related to military and defense in his chair.
Astronomy / Space - Innovation - 17.11.2022
Radboud Radio Lab and ATG Engineering work together for ESA lunar mission
Radboud University's Radboud Radio Lab and the technology company ATG Europe will work even closer together to build a radio telescope on the dark side of the moon.
Astronomy / Space - 19.10.2022
Testing device for fruit and vegetables
Astronomy / Space - Agronomy / Food Science - 06.09.2022
WUR and Wageningen under the sign of ’planetary boundaries’
Physics - Astronomy / Space - 25.11.2020
NWA-ORC for neutrino observations
Astronomy / Space - Physics - 22.10.2020
ENW-KLEIN for dark mater research Colijn and Postma
Chemistry - Astronomy / Space - 25.02.2020
How universal are life’s building blocks?
Astronomy / Space - Research Management - 06.01.2020
ERC Consolidator Grant for Christoph Weniger
Event - Nov 7
Tilburg University celebrates 97th dies natalis with the theme of 'Equal opportunities, shared responsibility'
Tilburg University celebrates 97th dies natalis with the theme of 'Equal opportunities, shared responsibility'
Agronomy - Nov 7
ITC researchers to advance food security solutions with NL-CGIAR Senior Expert Grant
ITC researchers to advance food security solutions with NL-CGIAR Senior Expert Grant