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Building block of life in Space:

ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space

Observations made with ALMA and ESA’s Rosetta mission by an international team, including…

Star formation:

Star formation influenced by local environmental conditions

Three scientists at Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenhagen, have carried out extensiv…

ASTROMETRY OF THE FUTURE:

At the age of 85-year old, Erik Høg is planning a satellite to be launched in 20 years

Erik Høg, who celebrated his 85th birthday earlier this year, has just had his fourth major…

Building block of life in Space:

ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars

Astronomers, including researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, have used ALMA to observed stars…

New basic research center:

New astronomy center will reveal the cosmic dawn

Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) is a new basic research centre funded by the Danish National Research…

Carlsberg supports Danish Mars research

Morten Bo Madsen, head of the Mars Group at the Niels Bohr Institute, has received a grant of 2.5…

Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages…

Mystery of ultra-diffuse faint galaxies solved

Over the last year, researchers have observed some very faint, diffuse galaxies. The galaxies are a…

Harald of the Year:

Marianne Vestergaard receives the University of Copenhagen Teaching Award 2016

Marianne Vestergaard studies the physical processes of the quasars – their structure and evolution,…

First step in the Deep Space mission

Deep Space is a project that will use a new specially designed telescope to look far into space in…

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