News about Astrophysics

Star with different internal driving force than the Sun

Astrophysicists from the Niels Bohr Institute have observed a distant star in the constellation Andromeda with a different positioning of sunspots and this indicates a magnetic field that is driven by completely…

John E. Niclasen

World and Science Supervisor:

Søren Frimann

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

Anders Paaske Drachmann

DUST PRODUCTION IN LATE-TYPE HIGH-MASS STARS THE SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE ISM Supervisor: ANJA C. ANDERSEN

MIKKEL JUHL HOBERT

THE ROLE OF CORE COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE IN THE CONTEXT OF DUST PRODUCTION IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE Supervisor: DARACH WATSON

Dark Cosmology Centre in hunt for gravitational wave sources

Today it was announced that gravitational waves, a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, have been directly detected for the first time and astrophysicists from the Niels Bohr Institute’s Dark…

The solar system’s ninth planet in sight

Two American researchers believe that they have found evidence that there is still a giant planet in our own solar system that we have never seen. It has long been known that the small dwarf planet Sedna moved in a…

Georgios Magdis receives grant from Villum Foundation

Georgios Magdis, an assistant professor at the Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, has received a grant of five million kroner from the Villum Foundation’s Young Investigator Programme.

Diana Juncher

Modeling the Cloudy Atmospheres of Cool Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Hot Exoplanets Supervisor: Uffe Gråe Jørgensen

Johannes Møller Astrup

Where Is The Galaxy Counterpart of DLA2225+0527? Supervisor: Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo

Mikkel Theiss Kristensen

Rare Emission-line Galaxies in the COSMOS Field Main supervisor: Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo, co-supervisor: Bo Milvang-Jensen

Very high silicon content surprises Mars researchers

New results from the Mars rover Curosity show that some rocks in Gale Crater have a high content of the element silicon. Since the accumulation of silica typically require a combination of both heat and water, this plac…

Astronomy archaeology – finding 120-year-old observations

In the basement under the Niels Bohr Institute building on Juliane Maries Vej in Copenhagen they have found astronomical observations that go more than 120 years back in time. The observations were recorded on thin…

The KIF Prize 2015 goes to Professor Jens Hjorth

The Danish Network for Women in Physics, KIF has awarded the 2015 prize to Professor Jens Hjorth, the director of the Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen.

Anja Andersen receives the Danish Physical Society’s Communication Award

Anja Andersen, associate professor at the Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has received the International Year of Light Communication Award from the Danish Physical Society.

Swift satellite detects 1000th gamma-ray burst

The NASA satellite, Swift, has now detected its 1000th gamma-ray burst. Since the launch of the satellite in 2004, it has revolutionised research into gamma-ray bursts.

Jes Jørgensen receives The Academy of Sciences and Letters Silver Medal 2015

In 2015, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters awards a silver medal goes to Associate Professor Jes K. Jørgensen from the Niels Bohr Institute for his research into the processes surrounding the formation of…

Mikkel Lindholmer

A Catalogue of Zeldovich Pancakes Supervisor: Steen H. Hansen

Christoffer Bruun-Schmidt

Infall Velocity in Galaxy Clusters Supervisor: Steen H. Hansen

KU students win gold in the United States for Mars moss project

Can we develop a moss that can survive and grow on Mars? A group of students from the Center for Synthetic Biology and the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen decided to try.

Jens-Kristian Krogager

Galaxies in the Early Universe – characterized in absorption and emission Supervisors: Johan P. U. Fynbo and Cédric Ledoux

Jonatan Selsing

High energy space phenomena: A window to the dark universe Supervisor: Dr. Lise Christensen

Ia Kochiashvili

High redshift Lyman-α hunt Galaxies as precious forged jewels Supervisors: Prof. Johan P. U. Fynbo

Thejs Brinkmann

The structure of clusters in a Self-Interacting Dark Matter cosmology Supervisor: Jesús Zavala Franco Co-supervisor: Steen Harle Hansen