Queen opens biggest radio telescope in the world

Her Majesty the Queen will open the biggest radio telescope in the world, LOFAR, on Saturday afternoon 12 June 2010 in Borger-Odoorn (Drenthe).

School kids Dwingeloo chat globally about stars

10 year old children of the "Burgemeester W.A. Storkschool" in Dwingeloo will attend a chat-session on Saturday 15 May with kids in South Africa and Australia.

Additional Eyes for Pulsar Astronomers

Combination of new technology telescope with existing facilities promises new insight into extreme stars

Girlsday 2010: girls on board at ASTRON and JIVE

This Thursday 22 April, 30 high school girls from three schools in the North of the Netherlands visit ASTRON and JIVE during Girlsday 2010.

LOFAR opens up low-frequency universe - and starts new SETI search

The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a new pan-European radio astronomy facility, has started mapping the Universe at very low energy wavelengths.

ASTRON and NWO organise International SKA Forum 2010

ASTRON , together with the NWO, will organise and host the third International SKA Forum on Tuesday 15 June in the province of Drenthe.

e-VLBI reveals missing link between Supernovae-Gamma Ray Burst explosions

An international team of scientists, including several astronomers from the JIVE and ASTRON, both located in Dwingeloo, have observed a supernova with peculiar radio emission.

Astronomers are finding millisecond pulsars faster than ever

ASTRON astronomers are part of an international team that is discovering the exotic stars known as "millisecond pulsars" at an astonishing rate.

ERC Advanced Grant for astronomer Ralph Wijers

Prof. dr. Ralph Wijers, astronomer of the Astronomical Institute 'Anton Pannekoek' of the UvA, has received an Advanced Grant of the ERC.

LOFAR maps the radio sky at Effelsberg

Scientists at the Max Planck Institut for Radio Astronomy have made the first LOFAR "all-sky" images in the 110 to 190 MHz range.

EXPReS hailed as "extraordinarily successful" to SKA design

The European Commission concluded their final review of EXPReS, hailing the project as "extraordinarily successful" .

e-EVN aids detection "extremely prolific supernova factory"

e-EVN was critical in the detection of an "extremely prolific supernova factory" in the buried nucleus of a starburst galaxy last year.

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