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When you look up at the sky at night, at the endless amounts of stars and constellations, you might begin to wonder about the origins of the Universe.

An international collaboration using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) has unveiled an exceptionally detailed radio sky map, revealing 13.7 million cosmic sources and delivering the most complete census yet of actively growing supermassive black holes.

Is life possible - or has it ever been possible - on other planets? The (Origin of) Life Marker Chip (LMC ) seeks the answer.

Is life possible - or has it ever been possible - on other planets? The (Origin of) Life Marker Chip (LMC ) seeks the answer.

The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has split the flood of energetic particles flung out into space from the Sun into two groups, tracing each back to a different kind of outburst from our star.

A new kind of stellar explosion provides a novel way to probe the distant Universe, according to new results published today in Nature Astronomy.

Five research projects by researchers from Radboud University have received a grant in the new round of the Open Competition Domain Science-M programme.

TU Delft is expanding its space research capabilities with the launch of four new and upgraded Space Engineering laboratories.

The background noise of gravitational waves from orbiting white dwarf stars will be stronger than the noise from double black holes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A pulsar whose behaviour could not easily be explained turns out to be part of an unusual dual system.

Sjors Heefer explored unique solutions to an extension of general relativity as part of his cum laude PhD research.

With the grant, Paul Vermunt will research how to use satellites from ESA and others to measure forest water content.

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) opens up a new part of the gravitational wave spectrum as the first space-based detector.

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.

The first full-colour images of the cosmos from ESA's space telescope Euclid were presented on October 7, 2023.

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.

Eight projects involving researchers from Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht receive funding from the National Roadmap for Large-scale Research Infrastructure programme.

After four years in Australia, Mike Kriele returned to the Netherlands to defend his thesis and shared his research on the Square Kilometer Array.

Professor of Military Law Marten Zwanenburg is examining the law related to military and defense in his chair.

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.