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…
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…
The early Universe: 2021.04.22 ALMA Discovers Rotating Infant Galaxy with Help of Natural Cosmic Telescope Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers at the Cosmic Dawn Center at…
The Universe 2021.03.31 New study shows doubt about the composition of 70 percent of our universe Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark…
Astrophysics: 2020.11.30 The Solar System follows the Galactic standard – but it is a Rare Breed It turns out that our own solar system in some ways is very rare, and in others very ordinary. It i…
Astrophysics: 2020.10.29 Galaxies in the Very Early Universe were Surprisingly Mature Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than previously expected. This…
Cosmology: 2020.10.28 Measuring the expansion of the Universe: Researchers focus on the importance of measuring velocity Ever since the astronomer Edwin Hubble demonstrated that the further apart two galaxies are, the…
Gamma-Ray Bursts: 2020.07.17 Separating Gamma-Ray Bursts: Students Make Important Breakthrough By applying a machine-learning algorithm, scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute, have developed a…
Grants 2026.09.18 ERC Grants for three NBI researchers No less than three ERC Starting Grants for NBI.
Active Matter 2026.07.09 Niels Bohr Institute Wins Flagship European Grant for the Physics of Living Matter International research team, led by Amin Doostmohammadi at NBI, awarded the first European edition…
Awarde 2026.06.26 Global Neutrino Network Dissertation Prize goes to Tetiana Kozynets, former Ph.D. at NBI. Tetiana Kozynets, former PhD student at the Niels Bohr Institute, awarded the 2025 Global Neutrino…
Jens Martin Knudsen Award: 2026.03.19 Markus Ahlers receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2024 At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niel…