https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomy/ en Fri, 08 May 2026 12:29:13 +0200 Fri, 08 May 2026 12:29:13 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/ A a team of researchers including astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute has used the James Webb...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/" alt="Webb observes the glowing embers of colliding neutron stars" title="Webb observes the glowing embers of colliding neutron stars"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/kilonova1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/ In recent years, astronomy has seen itself in a bit of crisis: Although we know that the Universe expands,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/" alt="Colliding neutron stars provide a new way to measure the expansion of the Universe" title="Colliding neutron stars provide a new way to measure the expansion of the Universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/billede1-nyhed1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are now able to peer so far back in time...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/" alt="Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope" title="Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/LEDA-2046648-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/ Contrary to typical observations, the galaxy was discovered not by the light it emits, but by the light...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/" alt="A galaxy group in the early Universe" title="A galaxy group in the early Universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/stefans-kvintet1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/ The first results from the James Webb Space Telescope have hinted at galaxies so early and so massive...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/" alt="James Webb’s “too massive” galaxies may be even more massive" title="James Webb’s “too massive” galaxies may be even more massive"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/SMACS0723-1100x600-eng.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/ Wed, 17 May 2023 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/ In a newly published study researchers show how the amount of light that escapes from a galaxy is connected...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/" alt="Nearby galaxies help astronomers understand distant galaxies" title="Nearby galaxies help astronomers understand distant galaxies"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/lars0809-IBU-eng-1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/ Wed, 10 May 2023 08:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/ Humanity’s first attempt to re-direct asteroids that could collide with Earth, the NASA Double...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/" alt="First ever asteroid hit by spacecraft could save the Earth from impact" title="First ever asteroid hit by spacecraft could save the Earth from impact"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/asteroid-impact1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/ A particularly bright Gamma-ray burst was recently detected by several space telescopes, and a team of...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/" alt="The brightest explosion ever seen" title="The brightest explosion ever seen"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/gammaglimt1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/ Black holes become active and grow by consuming gas captured from other galaxies. This is the finding...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/" alt="Intergalactic gas brings supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies to life" title="Intergalactic gas brings supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies to life"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/opo9941a_pas.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/ When neutron stars collide they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/" alt="Astrophysicists discover the perfect explosion in space" title="Astrophysicists discover the perfect explosion in space"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/kilonova_RobinDienel_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/ If you want to build a habitable planet, ice, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. These elements...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/" alt="Does ice in the Universe contain the molecules making up the building blocks of life in planetary systems?" title="Does ice in the Universe contain the molecules making up the building blocks of life in planetary systems?"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/Molecular-Cloud-Chameleon1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:30:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/ Astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center have unveiled the nature of the densest region of galaxies seen...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/" alt="Early galaxy formation caught in the act with James Webb" title="Early galaxy formation caught in the act with James Webb"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/galakser1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:45:00 +0100