https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/astronomy/ en Sat, 02 May 2026 04:04:59 +0200 Sat, 02 May 2026 04:04:59 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/newly-formed-stars-shoot-out-powerful-whirlwinds/ Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages in...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/newly-formed-stars-shoot-out-powerful-whirlwinds/" alt="Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds" title="Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/newly-formed-stars-shoot-out-powerful-whirlwinds/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/newly-formed-stars-shoot-out-powerful-whirlwinds/ Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/mystery-of-ultra-diffuse-faint-galaxies-solved/ Over the last year, researchers have observed some very faint, diffuse galaxies. The galaxies are as...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/mystery-of-ultra-diffuse-faint-galaxies-solved/" alt="Mystery of ultra-diffuse faint galaxies solved" title="Mystery of ultra-diffuse faint galaxies solved"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/mystery-of-ultra-diffuse-faint-galaxies-solved/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/mystery-of-ultra-diffuse-faint-galaxies-solved/ Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/site-on-mars-named-after-mars-researcher-jens-martin-knudsen/ The Danish Mars researcher Jens Martin Knudsen has had an area on Mars named after him. The site has...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/site-on-mars-named-after-mars-researcher-jens-martin-knudsen/" alt="Site on Mars named after Mars researcher Jens Martin Knudsen" title="Site on Mars named after Mars researcher Jens Martin Knudsen"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_16/sted-paa-mars-navngives-efter-mars-forsker-jens-martin-knudsen/jens_martin55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/site-on-mars-named-after-mars-researcher-jens-martin-knudsen/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 14:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/star-with-different-internal-driving-force-than-the-sun/ Astrophysicists from the Niels Bohr Institute have observed a distant star in the constellation Andromeda...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/star-with-different-internal-driving-force-than-the-sun/" alt="Star with different internal driving force than the Sun " title="Star with different internal driving force than the Sun "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/star-with-different-internal-driving-force-than-the-sun/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/star-with-different-internal-driving-force-than-the-sun/ Wed, 04 May 2016 13:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/easter-can-be-calculated-with-greater-accuracy-using-new-old-astronomical-method/ Easter can fall early and late, in fact, the timing can fluctuate by an entire month from late March...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/easter-can-be-calculated-with-greater-accuracy-using-new-old-astronomical-method/" alt="Easter can be calculated with greater accuracy using new ‘old’ astronomical method" title="Easter can be calculated with greater accuracy using new ‘old’ astronomical method"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/easter-can-be-calculated-with-greater-accuracy-using-new-old-astronomical-method/paaske55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/easter-can-be-calculated-with-greater-accuracy-using-new-old-astronomical-method/ Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/hunt_for_gravitational_waves/ Today it was announced that gravitational waves, a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of general...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/hunt_for_gravitational_waves/" alt="Dark Cosmology Centre in hunt for gravitational wave sources" title="Dark Cosmology Centre in hunt for gravitational wave sources"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/astrophysics/dark/news/2016/hunt_for_gravitational_waves/Swift55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/hunt_for_gravitational_waves/ Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/the-solar-systems-ninth-planet-in-sight/ Two American researchers believe that they have found evidence that there is still a giant planet in...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/the-solar-systems-ninth-planet-in-sight/" alt="The solar system’s ninth planet in sight " title="The solar system’s ninth planet in sight "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/the-solar-systems-ninth-planet-in-sight/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news16/the-solar-systems-ninth-planet-in-sight/ Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:45:00 +0100