News about Astrophysics

Neutron star smash shakes universe

Scientists have, for the first time, captured gravitational waves as well as light, from two neutron stars that orbited each other ever closer to eventually collide. The groundbreaking discovery begins a...

Neutronstjerners sammenstød rystede universet

For første gang er det lykkedes at opfange tyngdebølger såvel som lys fra to kolliderende neutronstjerner. Den banebrydende opdagelse indleder en helt ny æra inden for astronomien.

Astronomerne har fået en ekstra sans

Nu er det for første gang lykkedes at detektere tyngdebølger såvel som elektromagnetiske stråling fra det samme objekt. Vi har fået en ny sans, så vi nu også kan opfatte tyngdeverdenen, vi kan både se og høre universet.

Now we can find out where the heavy elements come from

The discovery of a kilonova produced by the collision of two neutron stars brings researchers a big step closer to the explanation of one of the great puzzles of science: how the heaviest elements in the universe were…

Nu er det bevist: Her kommer de tunge grundstoffer fra

Opdagelsen af en kilonova fremkommet ved sammenstødet mellem to neutronstjerner bringer forskerne et stort skridt nærmere opklaringen af en af videnskabens store gåder: Hvordan de tungeste grundstoffer i universet er…

Sådan gjorde de: Den største astronomiske opdagelse i nyere tid

En videnskabelig sensation kom i hus, da tusindvis af forskere samarbejdede om at måle tyngdebølger og lys fra sammenstødet mellem to neutronstjerner 140 millioner lysår væk.

ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space

Observations made with ALMA and ESA’s Rosetta mission by an international team, including researchers from NBI, have revealed the presence of the organohalogen Freon-40 in gas around both an infant star and a comet.

Star formation influenced by local environmental conditions

Three scientists at Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenhagen, have carried out extensive computer simulations related to star formation, and they conclude that the present ‘standard explanatory model’ is…

ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars

Astronomers, including researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, have used ALMA to observed stars like the Sun at a very early stage in their formation and found traces of methyl isocyanate — a chemical building block…

Maria Hammerstrøm

Establishing the host galaxy contribution to spectroscopic data of the nuclear emission of active galactic nuclei Supervisor: Marianne Vestergaard

Ida Vægter Rasmussen

Gravitational redshift in galaxy clusters with photometric surveys Supervisors: Jens Hjorth and Radoslaw Wojtak

Michael F. Hansen

Strong Lensing in Galaxy Clusters Supervisor: Claudio Grillo

Caroline Heneka

Cosmological Structure Formation: From Dawn till Dusk From Reionization to galaxy clusters Supervisors: Dr. David Rapetti & Prof. Steen H. Hansen

Sadik Acili

A galaxy illuminated by a GRB at z=2.33 Supervisor: Johan P. U. Fynbo

Amanda Bredahl Larssen

Dust reddening of quasars: A study of redshift and luminosity dependence of extinction, and of dust as main explanation of quasar UV SED diversity Supervisor: Marianne Vestergaard

Maryam Arabsalmani

Gas Kinematics in GRB Host Galaxies Supervisors: Palle Møller (ESO) and Johan P. U. Fynbo (NBI)

Andreas Skielboe

Colossal creations of gravity From clusters of galaxies to active galactic nuclei Supervisors: Kristian Pedersen and Darach Watson

Isabella Chi Gieseler Cortzen

Examining the existence of two distinct modes of star formation A study of the gas reservoir and dust emission in star-forming galaxies across cosmic time Supervisor: Georgios Magdis

Matteo Cataneo

Growth of Structure in Theories of Cosmic Acceleration Supervisors: Dr. David A. Rapetti Co-supervisor: Prof. Jens Hjorth

Kasper Elm Heintz

Exploring New Methods of Selecting Quasars Supervisor:Johan P. U. Fynbo

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz receives Niels Bohr Professorship

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, will be a Niels Bohr Professor at Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of…

Gustav Collin Rasmussen

Structural and dynamical properties of dark matter halos Supervisors: Steen H. Hansen and Martin Sparre

John E. Niclasen

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Søren Frimann

Evolution of Deeply Embedded Protostars Simulations meet Observations Academic Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Jes Kristian Jørgensen