ASTRON joins the OpenCores.org membership program and partners up with Oliscience to collaborate on the engineering of tools that are essential to achieve scientific discoveries in the fields of particle physics and astronomy.

Astronomers made a surprise discovery when they found that one supernova explosion was actually a star being pulled apart by a supermassive black hole.

A complete prototype station of antennas for the future SKA-low telescope has been completed and is being tested at the SKA site in Western Australia.

On 21 May 2018*, the Chinese space agency will launch the relay satellite Chang’e 4 to an orbit behind the Moon.

The new era of radio astronomy we are entering involves solving the most pressing data challenges in IT.

Emily Petroff, astronomer of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy ASTRON, is one of the contenders for the title New Scientist Science Talent 2018

In May, a Dutch radio antenna on a Chinese satellite will be launched to other side of the Moon.

Today, 16 April 2018, Italy officially became a member of the International LOFAR Telescope (ILT).

On April 12, 2018, 32 high school girls visited ASTRON for the annual Girlsday.

ASTRON has developed the heart of the new supercomputer for SKA, the future largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the world.

ASTRON has been evaluated as excellent in all categories of NWO's 2017 evaluation process.

"The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is an excellent tool to drive development in South Africa", stated Naledi Pandor.