From today (August 11th) up until Friday the yearly Perseids meteor shower will have its peak. This phenomenon is not only interesting for amateur astronomers, professional astronomers will be observing them as well.
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In Humans of ASTRON we share stories about the people at ASTRON. Who are the people behind the discoveries and innovations and also, who are the people that make sure that everything runs smoothly? In this second part of the series, we’ll be sharing the story of Jorrit Siebenga, who joined ASTRON in 2017 as research instrument maker.
Throughout the history of astronomy, women have played essential roles towards astronomical breakthroughs. In this article we highlight but a few of these women identified in history from 1600 to the modern era.
In Humans of ASTRON we share stories about the people at ASTRON. Who are the people behind the discoveries and innovations and also, who are the people that make sure that everything runs smoothly? In this second part of the series, we’ll be sharing the story of Emanuela Orrù, support scientist at ASTRON since 2012.
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LOFAR at the University of Amsterdam Deep Tech Day 2026
© Antonia Rowlinson
Astronomers from the Anton Pannekoek Institute hosted a multi-wavelength booth showcasing the deep tech, such as instrument development, that we are involved in at all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. ASTRON astronomers (Ziggy Pleunis, Antonia Rowlinson, Lars Zwaan and Kate Kelley), were helping run the booth and we described our work processing big data at the lowest frequencies with LOFAR and our work on the upcoming AARTFAAC2.0 instrument.
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