SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research verwelkomt per 1 oktober 2016 een nieuw lid in de directie: dr. Remco den Besten. Als Managing Director tekent Den Besten voor het management van het instituut en voor het vertalen van de wetenschappelijke koers van SRON in een uitvoerbaar instituutsprogramma. (English follows Dutch) Remco den Besten Remco den …
Gerard Cornet van SRON is de nieuwe coördinator van het ILO-netwerk, dat ijvert voor het verbinden van Nederlandse bedrijven met zogenaamde Big Science. Hij volgt daarmee Rob Klöpping op. Nederland is deelnemer in internationale Big Science organisaties, zoals bijvoorbeeld de ESA en CERN. Voor de internationale Big Science-projecten moeten infrastructuur, apparatuur en instrumenten worden ontwikkeld …
Een mysterieus röntgensignaal uit de ruimte dat harten van astronomen sneller deed kloppen omdat zogeheten donkere materie er misschien verantwoordelijk voor was, lijkt toch te verklaren met ‘gewone’ materie die we al kennen. Een theorie waarin de sterrenkundigen Liyi Gu en Jelle Kaastra van SRON het typische signaal vorig jaar verklaarden met bekende materie, is …
Successful experimental demonstrations on TES detectors in the laboratories of SRON have paved the way for future far-infrared satellite mission SPICA, with the instrument Safari. SRON researchers have recently made groundbreaking achievements in the development of both the simultaneous readout of multiple pixels and the sensitivity of the TES-detectors. This demonstrates the feasibility of the …
The Women In Science Excel (WISE) programme provides talented female scientists with an opportunity to develop or expand their own research group at one of the NWO institutes. NWO believes in providing opportunities for all talented researchers to excel. As such, NWO is committed to improving the gender balance among its research staff. WISE contributes …
(Dutch follows English) Hitomi finds unusually peaceful hot gas in Perseus cluster A close X-ray look at the Perseus cluster of galaxies revealed that the superheated, buoyant gas within the cluster is, in fact, a peaceful environment. This stunning discovery came from the very first and only scientific observation of the lost Japanese satellite Hitomi. …
SRON is opening the doors for young scientists around the world, who want access to facilities and training in data-analysis in high-energy astrophysics in Europe. High-energy astrophysics is all about observations of X-rays and gamma rays emitted by energetic celestial bodies, like for example (supermassive) black holes and neutron stars. These objects play a …
{lang en}Jupiter revealed to astronomers what hides beneath the colourful clouds, dots and stripes we see on the planet. A new radiomap of Jupiters atmosphere – the most detailed so far – reveals the massive movement of ammonia gas beneath the surface. {/lang} {lang nl} Radiokaart onthult wat onder de wolken gebeurt Jupiter heeft aan …
{lang en} A small device that detects a chemical substance within seconds, using terahertz radiation. Thanks to an improvement of spectroscopy techniques in this frequency, this possibility could soon be applied. Researchers developed a compact system to achieve the spectroscopic fingerprint of a material within 100 μs, making it a promising as a fast, advantageous …
{lang en} ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission has demonstrated the technology needed to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory. Results from only two months of science operations show that the two cubes at the heart of the spacecraft are falling freely through space under the influence of gravity alone, unperturbed by other external forces, to a …
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