Dr. Jason W.T. Hessels wins the Pastoor Schmeits Prize for astronomy

The Pastoor Schmeits Prize for astronomy will be awarded to Dr. Jason Hessels.

Possible Extragalactic Source of High-Energy Neutrinos

Coincidence of a highly energetic outburst of an active galactic nucleus with a neutrino event at PeV energy.

Variass to manufacture 64-Bit Microservers Developed by ASTRON and IBM

Yesterday it was announced that Variass will manufacture the first 26 64-bit Microservers for ASTRON and IBM.

LOFAR can now also be used as particle detector

An international team of astronomers have figured out radio signals that LOFAR captures when elementary particles from space collide with the Earth's atmosphere.

SKA-linked telescopes follow up on LIGO gravitational waves announcement

Several weeks ago, physicists at The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves.

Mysterious cosmic radio bursts found to repeat

Astronomers for the first time have detected repeating short-duration bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source which is likely located well beyond the edge of our Milky Way galaxy.

New Fast Radio Burst discovery finds 'missing matter' in the Universe

An international team of scientists using a combination of radio and optical telescopes has for the first time managed to identify the location of a fast radio burst.

Michael Garrett accepted offer from the University of Manchester

Michael Garrett has accepted an offer to take up the position of the inaugural Sir Bernard Lovell Chair in Astrophysics and the Director of Astronomy and Astrophysics for the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.

LOFAR to extend into Ireland

The world's biggest connected radio telescope is about to become even bigger! LOFAR will expand into Ireland.

The "Jonge Akademie" chooses ten new members

Every year the Jonge Akademie (translated: Young Academy) selects ten new and talented scientists to strengthen its ranks.

South-Africa-Dutch SKA data science partnership seek to address big data conundrum

The visit to South Africa by Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte included a pivotal South African-Dutch data science partnership between key institutions from both countries.

135 chapters, 1200 contributors, 2000 pages of SKA science

The SKA Organisation released the new official SKA science book, Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array

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