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Ancient ice reveals scores of gigantic volcanic eruptions

Ice cores drilled in Antarctica and Greenland have revealed gigantic volcanic eruptions during the…

Past global photosynthesis reacted quickly to more carbon in the air

Ice cores allow climate researchers to look 800,000 years back in time: atmospheric carbon acts as…

Black Hole Billiards in the Centers of Galaxies

Researchers provide the first plausible explanation to why one of the most massive black hole pairs…

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 o…

PhD defense by Julien Westhoff

Congratulations to Julien Westhoff at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended…

Congratulations to Iris Fernandes

Congratulations to Iris Fernandes at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended he…

Congratulations to Sissal Vágsheyg Erenbjerg

Congratulations to Sissal Vágsheyg Erenbjerg at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully…

A novel way of investigating star-forming gas in the early Universe

Combining observations of exploding stars and observations of galaxies, astronomers at the Cosmic…

One in five galaxies in the early universe could still be hidden behind cosmic dust

Astronomers at the University of Copenhagen’s Cosmic Dawn Center have discovered two previously…

quantum technology

Innovative chip built by UCPH physicists resolves quantum headache

Quantum physicists at the University of Copenhagen are reporting an international achievement for…