Vidi grant for ASTRON astronomer Marijke Haverkorn

Marijke Haverkorn, astronomer at ASTRON, has received a Vidi grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NWO.

Special prize for radio astronomy’s contribution to WiFi

John O'Sullivan from the Australian CSIRO has been awarded the Australian Prime Ministers Special Prize in Science for 2009.

Over 800 people visited Astronomy Day Dwingeloo

Yesterday, during the Astronomy Day Dwingeloo, over 800 people visited the Planetron, CAMRAS and ASTRON.

Planetron, CAMRAS & ASTRON organise Sterrendag Dwingeloo

Many interesting questions surrounding astronomy will be answered during the Sterrendag Dwingeloo (Star Day Dwingeloo).

ASTRON in Science magazine and Physics World

ASTRON has appeared in Science Magazine and Physics World with two articles about LOFAR.

LOFAR observes across borders

An international group of astronomers have succeeded in the first joint observations between the LOFAR stations in Exloo and Effelsberg.

Spacegirls present extraordinary space project at ASTRON

On Thursday 10 September, ASTRON welcomes Anne, Esther, Iris, Jessica, Malou, Mirthe and Sophie, from Assen.

ASTRON astronomers make light work of pulsars!

ASTRON Astronomers Joeri van Leeuwen and Jason Hessels won the ‘Enlighten Your Research' competition of SURFNet.

ASTRON creates new nature reserve in Drenthe

Astronomy can produce fascinating and unexpected results: a completely new nature reserve resulting from the building of a telescope.

ASTRON’s new LOFAR telescope shows first fringes

A team of astronomers and engineers at ASTRON has successfully detected correlated interferometric radio signals from the sky with the first full-scale LOFAR stations.

Spacegirls win Dutch space competition CanSat

The Spacegirls from Assen, have won the national space competition for high school students, called CanSat.

An exploding star in an "exploding" galaxy

Discovery of radio supernova SN 2008iz in the nearby starburst galaxy M82

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