639 search results for “communication astronomy” in the Student website
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Is there oxygen on exoplanets? New telescope finds out
To what extent does exoplanet Proxima b resemble our Earth? And is there some form of life present? Astronomers hope to find answers to these questions with the new European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). An NWO research grant of €18 million will allow a Dutch consortium to continue building instruments…
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Combining research and a good cause: Tutoring programme concludes successfully
More than a course. That was the aim of the Leiden Tutoring programme. Through weekly tutoring lessons, students did not just earn five EC. They helped Dutch primary-school children from neighbourhoods with a low socioeconomic status.
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Jasper's Day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing? What kinds of things is he doing and what does his day look like? In each newsletter Jasper gives a peek into his life as dean.
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Astronomers Discover Ancient Solitary Quasars with Mysterious Origins
An international team of astronomers, including Leiden PhD student Elia Pizzati, has observed several ancient quasars that, surprisingly, appear to be floating alone in the early universe (less than a billion years after the Big Bang). Until now, astronomers, based on models, assumed that quasars are…
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Space telescope Euclid makes first test images - astronomers are full of anticipation
The two instruments of ESA's space telescope Euclid have taken their first test images. The first images indicate that the space telescope will achieve the scientific goals for which it was designed - and possibly much more. Euclid will create a 3D map of a third of the sky, allowing scientists to study…
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Ewine van Dishoeck goes stargazing
From the birth of the universe to the molecules in a planet's atmosphere. The first five pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show the enormous range in which the space telescope can operate. Ewine van Dishoeck, professor of molecular astrophysics, took a look at the first images Tuesday…
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In memoriam professor Harry Wijshoff
On March 28, 2023, our esteemed colleague Prof. Harry Wijshoff passed away. He died after a struggle of several months against a serious illness.
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Kaiser Spring Lectures: Astrochemistry
Lecture
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Kees MustersFaculty of Science
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Bleda DüringFaculty of Archaeology
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Karina Caputi on the early universe
Lecture, Kaiser Lente Lezing
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Together we can: the why and how of climate activism
Debate
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Nienke van der Marel on astrochemistry
Lecture, Kaiser Lente Lezing
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Motion of stars near Milky Way's central black hole is only predictable for few hundred years
The orbits of 27 stars orbiting closely around the black hole at the center of our Milky Way are very chaotic. As a result, researchers cannot predict with confidence where they will be in about 462 years. ‘That is astonishingly short,’ says astronomer Simon Portegies Zwart who collaborated on the r…
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis
How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden University’s 449th Dies Natalis.
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From research in space to director on earth
After ten years and one day, Leiden Observatory has a new director. As of 1 September, Ignas Snellen will set the course for the astronomical institute. In this interview, you will get to know Ignas. Or at least a little. That is why we gave him five dilemmas and asked the people around him who he really…
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These Science students excelled and won a KHMW Young Talent Prize
No fewer than seven Leiden FWN students received a Young Talent Award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences on Monday, 29 November. Mark van den Bosch and Karlijn Kruiswijk won a graduation prize, a group of young astronomers won the ET Outreach Award and the other five students each received an…
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Kaiser Spring Lectures: Planetary exploration and the search for life in our Solar System
Lecture
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Career College: Working as a Consultant
Career and apply for jobs
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Predrinks Oort lecture
Alumni event
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Career College: Working in Research
Career and apply for jobs
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Uncovering the Secrets of the Universe with Observational Cosmology
Lecture
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Career College: Working as a Data Scientist
Career and apply for jobs
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Kaiser Spring Lectures: De geologie van het zonnestelsel: de prachtige planetaire paralellen van tastbare gesteenten en inspirerende landschappen
Lecture
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Predrinks Oort lecture
Alumni event
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Finding Baby Black Holes with the James Webb Space Telescope
Lecture, Oort lecture
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Erik de MaakerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
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Greedy Supermassive Black Holes
Lecture, Oort lecture
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History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Tuesday Talks: Science Insights | 10 December 2024
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Gilles van WezelFaculty of Science
- Leiden Teachers' Academy Education Festival 2023
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Master's Open Day
Study information
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Master's Open Day (cancelled)
Study information