News Overview
SKA Netherlands Roadmap meeting
On 30 January 2018, 40 astronomers and engineers participated in the second SKA Netherlands Roadmap face-to-face meeting, held at ASTRON in Dwingeloo.
ASTRON/JIVE Summer Student Programme 2018
The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) and the Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) announce the availability of a limited number of grants for their 2018 Summer Research Programme.
Most powerful Dutch GPU supercomputer boosts new radio telescope
Aims to uncover Fast Radio Bursts using gaming technology
Astronomers peer into the lair of a mysterious cosmic radio burster
An international team of astronomers has used two of the world’s largest radio telescopes to show that a mysterious source of radio bursts is in an astonishingly extreme and unusual environment.
Visit Australian ambassador Dr Brett Mason
The Australian ambassador, His Excellency Dr Brett Mason, visited ASTRON on Tuesday 19 December 2017.
Habitable planets around pulsars theoretically possible
It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars.
Designing The SKA Telescopes – From Lab To Outback: The Story Of AAVS1 So Far
It is an understatement to say that designing and building a world-class scientific instrument comes with its challenges.
Agreement signed for LOFAR station in Latvia
The world’s biggest connected radio telescope will expand into Latvia.
Laura Driessen wins De Zeeuw-Van Dishoeck Graduation Prize for Astronomy for her research with LOFAR
On 27 November, Laura Driessen received the annual Graduation Prize for Astronomy at the Royal Holland Society of Sciences (KHMW) in Haarlem.
New Fast Radio Burst Tools
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are one of the unresolved mysteries in the Universe.
New funding for Canadian Radio Astronomy Data Centre
Astronomers in Canada have received an award of $10 million to build a radio astronomy data centre.
ASTRON & JIVE open day 2017
On Sunday 8 October 2017, ASTRON & JIVE opened their doors to several hundred visitors during the Weekend of Science.