New research center: 2022.03.21 New research on how to quantify quantum effects on black holes Professor in Physics, Vitor Cardoso from the Niels Bohr Institute, NBIA, has received a DNRF Chair…
Volcanoes 2022.03.16 Ancient ice reveals scores of gigantic volcanic eruptions Ice cores drilled in Antarctica and Greenland have revealed gigantic volcanic eruptions during the…
Climate 2022.03.11 Past global photosynthesis reacted quickly to more carbon in the air Ice cores allow climate researchers to look 800,000 years back in time: atmospheric carbon acts as…
ASTROPHYSICS 2022.03.09 Black Hole Billiards in the Centers of Galaxies Researchers provide the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs…
Astrophysics: 2022.02.01 New analysis leads to a fundamentally different view of supermassive black holes In the center of most galaxies lies a supermassive black hole. Some of these are actively feeding o…
Astrophysics: 2021.12.08 A novel way of investigating star-forming gas in the early Universe Combining observations of exploding stars and observations of galaxies, astronomers at the Cosmic…
Outer space 2021.11.22 One in five galaxies in the early universe could still be hidden behind cosmic dust Astronomers at the University of Copenhagen’s Cosmic Dawn Center have discovered two previously…
quantum technology 2021.10.28 Innovative chip built by UCPH physicists resolves quantum headache Quantum physicists at the University of Copenhagen are reporting an international achievement for…
Astrophysics: 2021.10.08 Reported record-distant explosion turns out to be probably just a piece of space junk A perspective into how science sometimes operates: Even with the most careful measures taken to…
astrophysics 2021.09.23 UCPH astronomers find six distant – and mysteriously dead – galaxies Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), among…
Astrophysics 2021.09.13 Astronomers spot the same supernova three times — and predict a fourth sighting in 16 years The enormous gravitation of a cluster of galaxies warps space to the extent that light from distant…
Astrophysics: 2021.07.12 Danish Student solves how the Universe is reflected near black holes Space is so warped around black holes that even light rays curve around them. However, this has not…
Black holes & Gravitational waves: 2024.11.05 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: 2024.10.07 The annual Niels Bohr Institute photo October 7 is the birthday of Niels Bohr, and according to our tradition at the institute, the annua…