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New Danish telescope for researching stars and Earth-like exoplanets

The first telescope in the Danish led telescope network will be officially opened on 25 October,…

Comet headed for Mars

On Sunday evening, 19 October 2014 at 20:30, a comet will come closer to colliding with Mars than w…

FNU YDUN-grants:

Over 12 million kroner to two researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute

Astrophysicist Lise Bech Christensen from the DARK Cosmology Centre and particle physicist Stefania…

Cosmic grains of dust formed in supernova explosion

New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University…

Grants from FNU to Astrophysics and Biophysics

Two researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, Marianne Vestergaard at the Dark Cosmology Centre and…

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, new adjunct professor of high energy astrophysics

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, USA…

New insights into gamma-ray Burst afterglows

Gamma-ray bursts are powerful bursts of gamma radiation in connection with the explosive death of…

Cosmic collision creates mini-planet with rings

Until now, rings of material in a disc have only been observed around giant planets like Jupiter,…

Johan Samsing receives the prestigious Einstein Fellowship

Johan Samsing, who is just about to complete his PhD at Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr…

Stream of stars in Andromeda satellite galaxy shows cosmic collision

The Andromeda Galaxy is surrounded by a swarm of small satellite galaxies. Researchers from NBI,…

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