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Research groups: Accretion: Inflow an Outflows, Dense Matter, Transients, Explosions and Particles
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Astronomers discover doomed pair of spiralling stars on our cosmic doorstep
A small team of astronomers, among whom Silvia Toonen of the University of Amsterdam, have discovered an extremely rare, high mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light years away. These two stars are on a ... -
Nathalie Degenaar awarded Vici grant
Astronomer Nathalie Degenaar of the Anton Pannekoek Institute receives a Vici. This was announced by research financier NWO. She will receive a maximum of 1.5 million euros to develop an innovative line of research ... -
White dwarf with partner flashes every two hours
An international team of astronomers led by scientists from the Anton Pannekoek Institute of the University of Amsterdam has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf orbiting each other every two hours are emitting ... -
Blog: Parade of the planets?
It won't have escaped your notice: Several planets are currently visible. At the time of writing this blog (Feb. 12), you can see 4 naked-eye planets and the moon. If you had a telescope there are even 6 planets ... -
Wobbling stars reveal hidden companions in Gaia data
Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists in a team led by Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University of Amsterdam have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet ... -
M87* gas moves in opposite direction of the black hole rotation
The gas ingested by the iconic supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 appears to be moving against the black hole's direction of rotation. This is shown by new computer simulations from the Event Horizon Telescope ... -
Jacco Vink to receive Humboldt prize and go to German lab for high energy physics in Germany for six months
API researcher Jacco Vink is to receive a prestigious German Humboldt prize for research. This will allow him to undertake a six month research trip to DESY, the German high energy physics lab in Berlin. -
Three UvA researchers receive ERC Consolidator Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Consolidator Grants to three UvA researchers. The laureates are: Ekaterina Shutova, Antonia Rowlinson and Corentin Coulais. These prestigious subsidies are personal and ...
