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…
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…
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: 2021.04.20 Danish participation in over a third of the new James Webb Space Telescope’s initial observations Cosmic Dawn Center – a collaboration between Technical University of Denmark and the Niels Bohr…
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…
Grants: 2021.01.25 Two young researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute receive Villum Young Investigator grants Two young researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, Morten Kjærgaard and Charlotte Mason, are amon…
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…
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…