On 18 October 2009 SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research will open its doors to the public as part of the October Knowledge Month series of events. At the Utrecht and Groningen locations, visitors will have the opportunity to learn about...

The interest for planetary research has grown internationally over the last few years. Also SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research has developed a visible branch of planetary research within the existing Earth oriented research. Therefore...

Researchers from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht University and various international partners have obtained the first global observations of water isotopes in the lowest part of our atmosphere. They analysed measurements...

The HIFI spectrometer on board the European space telescope Herschel – launched on 14 May – is experiencing a setback. The space measuring instrument has been temporarily switched off due to a problem in the so-called Local Oscillator Control Unit...

On July 23rd, exactly 10 years have passed since the Chandra space telescope (NASA) was launched. A Dutch instrument on board still provides a new view on X-rays from space, including X-ray emission from black holes. X-ray astronomer prof. Frits...

’We can investigate the universe’s thermostat’ The first measurement data from the Dutch space instrument HIFI are of such a good quality that they can be used for more than just fine-tuning the instruments. According to scientific leader Frank Helmich...

Astronomers dr. Andrey Baryshev (SRON) and prof. dr. Amina Helmi (University Groningen) received a Starting Grant of 0,9 and 1,6  million Euro from the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC is founded in 2007 by the European Union to finance...

A green light for the building of Tropomi, the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument, was given by the ESA Council Meeting of Ministers in charge of space activities last November at The Hague. There the ministers decided to build the satellite...

Spectrometer SCIAMACHY observes the atmosphere of VenusA team of German, Dutch, and Belgian researchers has managed to observe Venus using the Earth-observing spectrometer SCIAMACHY. Succesfull test-measurements took place in March. On June 25th,...

Ruimte-instrument HIFI seint eerste meetgegevens door naar de aarde'De kwaliteit is nog beter dan we verwachtten'Het Nederlandse ruimte-instrument HIFI aan boord van de in mei gelanceerde Herschel-satelliet, heeft met succes de eerste meetgegevens...

Het Nederlands ruimteonderzoeksinstituut SRON gaat weer de ontwikkeling van een nieuw ruimte-instrument leiden. Het gaat om het SAFARI-instrument, de Europese bijdrage aan de Japanse ruimtetelescoop SPICA. De beoogde lanceerdatum is 2017.SRON heeft...

HIFI doorstaat eerste testen in de ruimte De eerste testen met het ruimte-instrument HIFI zijn goed verlopen. Volgens HIFI-projectleider Peter Roelfsema van het Nederlands ruimteonderzoeksinstituut SRON functioneert HIFI, die na de succesvolle...

Ruimtetelescoop Herschel succesvol gelanceerdDe ruimtetelescoop Herschel is vanmiddag om 15.12 u succesvol gelanceerd vanuit de Europese lanceerbasis in Frans-Guyana. In het hart van Herschel bevindt zich de door het Nederlands...

Herschel-special op KlokhuisDonderdagavond 14 mei om 18.25u, enkele uren na de lancering van Herschel zendt het NPS-programma Klokhuis een special uit over deze ruimtetelescoop. SRON, dat verantwoordelijk was voor de ontwikkeling van het hart van...