William Gryffydd Beynon Parry Analysing the Mass Structure of Small Gravitational Lens Galaxies in Galaxy Clusters Supervisors: Claudio Grillo (DARK Fellow) and Lise Christensen (Assoc. Prof.)
Cosmic grains of dust formed in supernova explosion New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University shows that not only can grains of dust form in gigantic supernova explosions, they can also survive the subsequent…
Cosmic grains of dust formed in supernova explosion New research published in Nature shows that not only can grains of dust form in gigantic supernova explosions, they can also survive the subsequent shockwaves they are exposed to. Led by researchers from Aarhus and DARK
Grants from FNU to Astrophysics and Biophysics Two researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, Marianne Vestergaard at the Dark Cosmology Centre and Lene Oddershede in Optical Tweezers have both received grants of approx. 6-6½ million kroner from FNU
Rikke Lund Saust Investigating the Nature of Damped Lyman-α Absorbing Galaxies Supervisor: Lise Christensen
Ann-Sofie Bak Nielsen Extinction curves and the total-to-selective extinction ratio for dust formed in the type IIn SN 2005ip Supervisor: Jens Hjorth
Jacob Svensmark Effect of asphericity in caustic mass estimates of galaxy clusters Supervisor: : Assoc Prof Steen H. Hansen
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, new adjunct professor of high energy astrophysics Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, USA, and he is also head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Santa Cruz Institute. He is now employed as adjunct professor at…
New insights into gamma-ray Burst afterglows Gamma-ray bursts are powerful bursts of gamma radiation in connection with the explosive death of massive stars. The bursts themselves are short lived – typically less than a few minutes, but is followed by an afterglow…
Cosmic collision creates mini-planet with rings Until now, rings of material in a disc have only been observed around giant planets like Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and especially Saturn, which is known for its spectacular rings. Now astronomers from NBI, have observed…
Johan Samsing receives the prestigious Einstein Fellowship Johan Samsing, who is just about to complete his PhD at Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, has just been awarded one of the most prestigious research fellowships in astrophysics, the so-called ‘Einstein…
Stream of stars in Andromeda satellite galaxy shows cosmic collision The Andromeda Galaxy is surrounded by a swarm of small satellite galaxies. Researchers from NBI, among others, have detected a stream of stars in one of the Galaxy’s outer satellite galaxies, called Andromeda II.
Mars research receives FNU grant Morten Bo Madsen, who leads the Mars Group in Astrophysics and Science at the Niels Bohr Institute, has received a grant of just over 3.8 million kroner from FNU, the Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural…
First images of star cluster from the Gaia Satellite The Gaia Satellite has already sent its first images down to Earth approximately 40 days after its launch on the 19th of December. They show a dense collection of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud at a distance of…
Early galaxies grew massive through collisions New research from the Niels Bohr Institute shows that massive galaxies were formed by explosive star formation that was set in motion by the collision of galaxies a few billion years after the Big Bang
Teddy Fjeldgaard Frederiksen NURSERIES OF SUPERNOVAE A STUDY OF YOUNG HIGH REDSHIFT TYPE IA SUPERNOVA HOST GALAXIES Supervisor: Jens Hjorth
Martina Falco DYNAMICS OF GALAXY CLUSTERS AND THEIR OUTSKIRTS: beyond the virialization regime Supervisor: Steen H. Hansen
Stefan Geier PIECES TO THE PUZZLE OF HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES FALLING INTO PLACE Supervisor: Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo
Elena Sacchi Constraining mass and shape of galaxy clusters through large scale structures Supervisors: Lauro Moscardini and Steen H. Hansen
Monster gamma-ray burst in our cosmic neighbourhood Gamma-ray bursts are violent bursts of gamma radiation associated with exploding massive stars. For the first time ever, researchers from DARK, among others, have observed an unusually powerful gamma-ray
Troels Paarup Quasar K-correction in the UV-optical spectral region and broad emission line shape parameter dependence on Eddington ratio
Quasar observed in 6 separate light reflections Using a special method where you observe light that has been bent by gravity on its way through the universe, a group of physics students from NBI have observed a quasar whose light has been deflected and reflected in
New knowledge about early galaxies Using new detailed studies carried out with the ESO Very Large Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers from NBI have studied an early galaxy in unprecedented detail and determined a number of