https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/astrophysics/dawn/news/2022/ en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:28:09 +0200 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:28:09 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/astronomers-discover-enigmatic-cosmic-explosion/ Astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute played an important role in the study that may lead us to revise... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/astronomers-discover-enigmatic-cosmic-explosion/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/farthest-galaxy-candidate-yet-known-discovered-by-james-webb/ These galaxies seem to be so massive that they challenge our understanding of how structure forms in... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/farthest-galaxy-candidate-yet-known-discovered-by-james-webb/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/world-class-research-into-greenlands-oldest-ice-and-the-universes-densest-stars-win-very-large-eu-grants/ When was Greenland actually green? And how does the Universe make gold, platinum and uranium? Researchers... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/world-class-research-into-greenlands-oldest-ice-and-the-universes-densest-stars-win-very-large-eu-grants/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/master-student-discovers-a-group-of-galaxies-clustered-together-in-the-early-universe/ While developing and testing astronomical software on existing data, a master student in astronomy fortuitously... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/master-student-discovers-a-group-of-galaxies-clustered-together-in-the-early-universe/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/astronomers-discover-a-swarm-of-galaxies-orbiting-a-hyper-luminous-galaxy/ Using the Very Large Telescope and the radio telescope ALMA in Chile, a team of astronomers including... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/astronomers-discover-a-swarm-of-galaxies-orbiting-a-hyper-luminous-galaxy/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/martian-oxygen-factory-passes-first-major-test/ New results from the red and rocky surface of Mars have shown that MOXIE, an oxygen generator that Danish... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/martian-oxygen-factory-passes-first-major-test/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 12:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-method-to-map-the-surface-of-the-moon-increases-accuracy-to-unprecedented-levels/ This new method uses a much more direct and precise calculation, it doesn’t rely on a whole set... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-method-to-map-the-surface-of-the-moon-increases-accuracy-to-unprecedented-levels/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/compact-massive-triple-star-system-detected-for-the-first-time/ How this unique combination of a binary set of stars and a revolving bigger star can form, is now the... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/compact-massive-triple-star-system-detected-for-the-first-time/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/radio--and-microwaves-reveal-the-true-nature-of-dark-galaxies-in-the-early-universe/ Utilizing multiple radio telescopes across the world, a team of astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center,... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/radio--and-microwaves-reveal-the-true-nature-of-dark-galaxies-in-the-early-universe/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/free-roaming-black-hole-detected-in-our-galaxy-for-the-first-time/ Astronomers estimate that there should be 100 million black holes roaming among the 100 billion stars... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/free-roaming-black-hole-detected-in-our-galaxy-for-the-first-time/ Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/black-holes-helped-quenching-star-formation-in-the-early-universe/ While some galaxies form stars at a continuous rate, others die out and lead a more passive life. What... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/black-holes-helped-quenching-star-formation-in-the-early-universe/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-discovery-about-distant-galaxies-stars-are-heavier-than-we-thought/ A team of University of Copenhagen astrophysicists has arrived at a major result regarding star populations... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-discovery-about-distant-galaxies-stars-are-heavier-than-we-thought/ Wed, 25 May 2022 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/planets-of-binary-stars-as-possible-homes-for-alien-life/ Nearly half of Sun-size stars are binary. According to University of Copenhagen research, planetary systems... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/planets-of-binary-stars-as-possible-homes-for-alien-life/ Mon, 23 May 2022 17:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/astrophysics/dawn/news/2022/lise-christensen-receives-grant-from-the-independent-research-fund-denmark/ Congratulations to Lise Bech Christensen, who has just been awarded a “Research Project 1”... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/astrophysics/dawn/news/2022/lise-christensen-receives-grant-from-the-independent-research-fund-denmark/ Mon, 23 May 2022 11:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/breaking-news-from-the-dawn-of-the-universe/ Gazing back to the early epochs after the Big Bang, for the first time have scientists found the ancestor... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/breaking-news-from-the-dawn-of-the-universe/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/hubble-spots-most-distant-single-star-ever-seen-at-a-record-distance-of-28-billion-lightyears/ With a fortuitous lineup of a massive cluster of galaxies, astronomers from among other institutes the... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/hubble-spots-most-distant-single-star-ever-seen-at-a-record-distance-of-28-billion-lightyears/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/black-hole-billiards-in-the-centers-of-galaxies/ Researchers provide the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs observed... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/black-hole-billiards-in-the-centers-of-galaxies/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/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 on...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-analysis-leads-to-a-fundamentally-different-view-of-supermassive-black-holes/" alt="New analysis leads to a fundamentally different view of supermassive black holes" title="New analysis leads to a fundamentally different view of supermassive black holes"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-analysis-leads-to-a-fundamentally-different-view-of-supermassive-black-holes/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news22/new-analysis-leads-to-a-fundamentally-different-view-of-supermassive-black-holes/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:15:00 +0100