News about Astrophysics

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

Per Andersen

Doing Cosmology with Bulk Flow Magnitudes: Observational Effects Supervisor: Prof. Jens Hjorth

Super-bright supernova with extreme burst of gamma radiation

Astronomers from NBI have observed a super-bright supernova association with a very unusual long lasting gamma-ray burst. Gamma-ray bursts are in rare cases observed in connection with supernovae, which are the

Super-bright supernova with extreme burst of gamma radiation

Astronomers from DARK have observed a super-bright supernova association with a very unusual long lasting gamma-ray burst. Gamma-ray bursts are in rare cases observed in connection with supernovae, which are the

Johannes Zabl

Emission line imaging and spectroscopy of distant galaxies Supervisors: Johan P. U. Fynbo and Cédric Ledoux

Mars might have liquid water

Researchers have long known that there was water in the form of ice on Mars. Now, new research from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity shows that it is possible that there is liquid water close to the surface of Mars.

Anna-Sofie Köhn Zahl

Investigating the FeII/MgII-ratio as a possible metallicity tracer in high redshift Quasars Supervisor: Marianne Vestergaard

Karen Pardos Olsen

OBSERVING AND SIMULATING GALAXY EVOLUTION - from X-ray to millimeter wavelengths Supervisors: Sune Toft and Thomas Greve