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Oeuvre prize for Ed van den Heuvel
Astronomer Ed van den Heuvel (Emeritus Professor at the University of Amsterdam) receives the Langerhuizen Oeuvre Prize. This was announced by the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen. Van den ... -
NWO grant for telescope that can film black holes in colour
The Dutch Research Council, NWO, has awarded a grant of 3.45 million euros to a Dutch team, together with British and Namibian astronomers, that will enable the first colour movies of black holes. The astronomers ... -
University of Amsterdam organizes Dutch Astronomy Olympiad 2023
The 2023 Dutch Astronomy Olympiad will be organized by the astronomers of the Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy of the University of Amsterdam. Between April 7 and May 7, all students from 5 HAVO and 5 and 6 ... -
ERC Advanced Grant for research into the origin of fast radio bursts from space
Jason Hessels, Professor of Observational High-Energy Astrophysics at the University of Amsterdam and Chief Astronomer at ASTRON, has been awarded a €3.5 million ERC Advanced Grant to search for the origin of fast ... -
Cosmic fireworks from a neutron star shed light on an old black hole mystery
An international science team including UvA/API researcher Nathalie Degenaar found a neutron star that captures matter from a companion star through a violent and unstable process that was previously observed only in ... -
€18 million investment for the development and construction of astronomical instruments for the Extremely Large Telescope
A consortium led by the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA) has been awarded nearly €18 million by research funding organization NWO for the next 10 years to develop and build instruments for the future ... -
Green light for Dutch LISA-contribution
A Dutch consortium in which UvA researchers Samaya Nissanke and Michael Wise are involved, as well as several members of Nikhef, received a €12 million Road Map grant that allows the consortium to become an important ... -
Henny Lamers wins U.S. prize for textbook on star evolution
The 2023 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award will be given to Henny Lamers (emeritus professor of Astronomy at the University of Amsterdam) and Emily Levesque (assistant professor at the University of Washington) ...
