https://nbi.ku.dk/english/research/astrophysics/dawn/news/2023/ en Wed, 06 May 2026 09:01:07 +0200 Wed, 06 May 2026 09:01:07 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/ A a team of researchers including astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute has used the James Webb... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/ In recent years, astronomy has seen itself in a bit of crisis: Although we know that the Universe expands,... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are now able to peer so far back in time... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/ Contrary to typical observations, the galaxy was discovered not by the light it emits, but by the light... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/ The first results from the James Webb Space Telescope have hinted at galaxies so early and so massive... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/ Wed, 17 May 2023 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/ In a newly published study researchers show how the amount of light that escapes from a galaxy is connected... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/ Wed, 10 May 2023 08:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/ Humanity’s first attempt to re-direct asteroids that could collide with Earth, the NASA Double... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/ A particularly bright Gamma-ray burst was recently detected by several space telescopes, and a team of... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/ Black holes become active and grow by consuming gas captured from other galaxies. This is the finding... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/ When neutron stars collide they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently,... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/ If you want to build a habitable planet, ice, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. These elements... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:30:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/ Astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center have unveiled the nature of the densest region of galaxies seen... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:45:00 +0100