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Anja C. Andersen has been awarded the Danish Authors' Society Literary Prize 2017

The prize has previously been awarded, among others, to Ebbe Kløvedal Reich, Tor Nørretranders, Jør…

The Star That Would Not Die:

New discovery: Supernova explodes several times

Astronomers have for the first time discovered a star that exploded multiple times over a period of…

GRAVITATIONAL WAVES:

Neutron star smash shakes universe

Scientists have, for the first time, captured gravitational waves as well as light, from two neutro…

NEUTRON STAR MERGER:

Now we can find out where the heavy elements come from

The discovery of a kilonova produced by the collision of two neutron stars brings researchers a big…

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…