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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,…

Mars research receives FNU grant

Morten Bo Madsen, who leads the Mars Group in Astrophysics and Science at the Niels Bohr Institute,…

First images of star cluster from the Gaia Satellite

The Gaia Satellite has already sent its first images down to Earth approximately 40 days after its…

Early galaxies grew massive through collisions

New research from the Niels Bohr Institute shows that massive galaxies were formed by explosive sta…

Quasar observed in 6 separate light reflections

Using a special method where you observe light that has been bent by gravity on its way through the…

New knowledge about early galaxies

Using new detailed studies carried out with the ESO Very Large Telescope and the Hubble Space…

Researchers close to finding habitable planets

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute and Aarhus University are part of a team that has…

Denmark contributing to the world's largest telescope for searching for life in the unive

The Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and DTU space are…

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