25-10-16 |
Outstanding Lisbon graduate develops nanotech for spaceprojects
José Silva, who graduated after doing a successful research project at SRON in Groningen, passed his NOVA University of Lisbon graduation exams with the best possible score for his master thesis: 20 points.During his graduation research, José Silva developed nano-bolometers (hot electron bolometer mixers) for a future far-infra-red space-camera that helps to find out what’s happening in the cooler parts of space between stars and galaxies. |
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13-10-16 |
HIFI werpt nieuw licht op ontstaan bouwstenen van leven in de ruimte
Een team van internationale ruimteonderzoekers heeft aangetoond dat de chemie van eenvoudige koolwaterstoffen in de ruimte grotendeels wordt bepaald door de ultraviolette straling van jonge hete sterren. Schokgolven daarentegen bleken geen grote invloed te hebben. De onderzoekers deden hun verrassende ontdekking dankzij waarnemingen met Herschel/HIFI (ESA) in de Orionnevel. De ontdekking werpt nieuw licht op het ontstaan van de basiselementen van de bouwstenen van leven in de ruimte. |
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27-09-16 |
SRON verwelkomt Remco den Besten in directie
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) |
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21-09-16 |
ILO-Net: NL bedrijven verbinden met Big Science
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. |
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13-09-16 |
Nederlandse verklaring ‘donkere materie’ bevestigd
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 deze zomer ook door Duitse collega-wetenschappers met experimenten ondersteund. (English follows Dutch) |
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30-08-16 |
Progress in TES detectors pave way far-infrared missions
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. |
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29-08-16 |
Open Dag @ SRON Groningen en Utrecht
SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research doet mee aan het Weekend van de Wetenschap. Op zondag 2 oktober zetten de medewerkers van de ruimtelaboratoria in Utrecht en Groningen graag de deur naar hun werkplek voor bezoekers open, van 12 tot 17 uur. (Dutch only) |
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11-07-16 |
Three Women In Science Excel (WISE) tenure tracks at NWO’s research institutes
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 directly by attracting top female researchers and promoting their advancement. Over a period of five years, NWO’s institutes will be offering 20 WISE fellowships. |
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07-07-16 |
05-07-16 |
Young astronomers learn about X-ray-data-analysis at SRON
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 key role in understanding the hot and energetic universe. |
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08-06-16 |
Jupiter reveals new secrets
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. |
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08-06-16 |
Breakthrough in terahertz-spectroscopy
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 and portable application, for example in tracing explosives. |
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07-06-16 |
Lisa Pathfinder exceeds expectations
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 precision more than five times better than originally required. |
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06-06-16 |
Stan Gielen new chair NWO with effect from January 2017
Professor C.C.A.M. (Stan) Gielen will become chair of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) with effect from 1 January 2017. NWO is currently undergoing major changes. The governance and organisation will become more streamlined and coherent. This will put NWO in a better position to optimally realise its core tasks, funding of and innovation in Dutch scientific research and the management of eight national research institutes, both now and in the future. As of 1 September 2016 Stan Gielen will be involved as the future chair of the Executive Board in the further realisation of this organisational change. |
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12-05-16 |
Climate change influences carbon cycle
Satellite measurements of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere shed light on how climate change - taking the shape of for instance heavy rains, draughts and floods - in turn influences the carbon cycle at the Australian continent. The carbon cycle has a big impact on the greenhouse effect. The research results are presented today at the ESA Living Planet Symposium at Prague. |
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29-04-16 |
Loss of Hitomi great blow to international space research
Loss of Hitomi great blow to international space research After a perfect launch on 17 February and a few weeks of excellent operations the Japanese space telescope Hitomi was considered to be lost yesterday. A fault in the orientation of the satellite probably led to considerable damage to the space telescope. This is a great blow to international space research. In the few weeks that Hitomi was operational the space telescope produced spectacular observations. |
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25-04-16 |
31-03-16 |
HIFI project ends
Today the international HIFI project has come to a natural end. Since 1998, starting with a proposal to ESA, SRON and a great number of international partners have been working on the most complex instrument built so far by the institute. Over the years more than 300 people played an active role in the project; in the last month still 20 people worldwide were occupied with HIFI post-operations. |
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29-03-16 |
JAXA loses contact with Hitomi
On 26 March the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that a communications anomaly had occurred with its X-ray astronomical satellite Hitomi, known before launch as Astro-H. The cause of the communications anomaly is yet unknown. |
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15-03-16 |
In memoriam Roel Gathier (1953-2016)
Following a brief illness SRON director dr. Roel Gathier (1953) passed away on 14 March. As SRON's Managing Director, but also as chairman of ESA's Science Programme Committee (SPC), he exerted a strong influence on both national and international space research. His untimely death has left a vacuum, which will be hard to fill. |
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