Niels Bohr Institute

Happening at the Niels Bohr Institute

"Kig op" at Videnskab.dk

Look up in January

Read here (in Danish) about interesting objects to see the stellar sky in December.

Pengpei Zhu awarded the KHMW Young Talent Graduation Award for Astronomy

Congratulations to PhD student Pengpei Zhu who has been awarded the KHMW Young Talent Graduation…

"Kig op" at Videnskab.dk

Look up in December

Read here (in Danish) about Orion and the red giant Betelgeuse in the stellar sky in December.

Black holes & Gravitational waves:

Maarten van de Meent awarded ERC Synergy grant

Maarten van de Meent, current member of the Strong Group at NBI, is one of the four principal…

Picture of the institute:

The annual Niels Bohr Institute photo

October 7 is the birthday of Niels Bohr, and according to our tradition at the institute, the annua…

Troels Petersen joins as Denmark's scientific delegate at CERN

On October 1st 2024 Troels Christian Petersen, a NBI researcher in particle physics for many years,…

Podcasts at NBI:

International science journalist visits the Niels Bohr Institute

With an international Maria Leptin journalist scholarship behind him, science journalist Jens Deget…

New DNRF Center of Excellence

Center of Gravity (CoG): a new DNRF Center of Excellence at NBI

In 2025, NBI will host a new DNRF Center of Excellence called the Center of Gravity (CoG), to link…

Blockbuster of the Blok 4:

Blockbuster of the Blok - Ala Trusina

The NBI teaching committee has decided to highlight a teacher four times a year to recognize…

"News from DAWN" at cosmicdawn.dk

Charlotte Mason receives large ERC grant

Read about the latest news from DAWN.

Research news

Historic Drilling Campaign Reaches more than 1.2-Million-Year-Old Ice

It is expected that the 2,800 meter deep ice core drilling down to the bedrock under the Antarctic…

The first galaxies:

Webb provides a new detailed look into the formation of the first galaxies

An international team of researchers, led by astronomers at the Cosmic Dawn Center in Copenhagen,…