News about Astrophysics

Martian oxygen factory passes first major test

New results from the red and rocky surface of Mars have shown that MOXIE, an oxygen generator that Danish researchers from the University of Copenhagen and fellow institutions have been deeply involved with, has passed…

Marcela Grcic

Title: The eccentric evolution of circumbinary disks Supervisors: Daniel J. D’Orazio, Martin E. Pessah

Han Lei

Molecular Gas in a Massive Main-sequence Galaxy at z = 3 Supervisors: Georgios Magdis & Francesco Valentino

New method to map the surface of the moon increases accuracy to unprecedented levels

This new method uses a much more direct and precise calculation, it doesn’t rely on a whole set of parameters to be fed into the computer, and it can even calculate the uncertainties and the accuracy.

Compact, massive triple star system detected for the first time

How this unique combination of a binary set of stars and a revolving bigger star can form, is now the focus in a collaboration between two young researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute.

Radio- and microwaves reveal true nature of dark galaxies in the early Universe

Utilizing multiple radio telescopes across the world, a team of astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center, have discovered several galaxies in the early Universe that, due to massive amounts of dust, were hidden from our…

The Milky Way through neutrino eyes

In an article published in the journal Science, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has now for the first time produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos.

Free roaming black hole detected in our galaxy for the first time

Astronomers estimate that there should be 100 million black holes roaming among the 100 billion stars in our galaxy. They are the remnants of supernova explosions that happened throughout the 10 billion years of the…

Kristian Lyck Lotzkat

Title: Exascale modelling using GPUs Supervisors: Troels Haugbølle, Åke Nordlund

Black holes helped quenching star formation in the early Universe

While some galaxies form stars at a continuous rate, others die out and lead a more passive life. What made these galaxies stop forming stars at an early age is not well established, not the least because they are so…

Black holes helped quenching star formation in the early Universe

While some galaxies form stars at a continuous rate, others die out and lead a more passive life. What made these galaxies stop forming stars at an early age is not well established, not the least because they are so…

Manar el Akel

Unlocking the sulphur chemistry in a protostellar environment physical and chemical conditions Academic Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Jes K. Jørgensen

New discovery about distant galaxies: Stars are heavier than we thought

A team of University of Copenhagen astrophysicists has arrived at a major result regarding star populations beyond the Milky Way. The result could change our understanding of a wide range of astronomical phenomena,…

New discovery about distant galaxies: Stars are heavier than we thought

A team of University of Copenhagen astrophysicists has arrived at a major result regarding star populations beyond the Milky Way. The result could change our understanding of a wide range of astronomical phenomena,…

Planets of binary stars as possible homes for alien life

Nearly half of Sun-size stars are binary. According to University of Copenhagen research, planetary systems around binary stars may be very different from those around single stars. This points to new targets in the…

Planets of binary stars as possible homes for alien life

Nearly half of Sun-size stars are binary. According to University of Copenhagen research, planetary systems around binary stars may be very different from those around single stars. This points to new targets in the…

Zoe Ansari

Estimating photo metric redshifts and inferring quantities of dustin supernovae with machine learning Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Christa Gall and Dr. Adriano Agnello

Clara Ferreira Cores

Title: Shallowness and susceptibility: Tidal disruptions in DM halos simulations Supervisors: Steen H. Hansen, Axel Widmark

Guozhen Ma

A Complete CENSUS of Quasars Supervisor: Johan Fynbo

Kevin Kumar

Title: Constraining the Hubble constant from structural and dynamical analysis of the Leo I group Supervisor: Jens Hjorth

Niall Omar Henry Gray

Title: The Solar Silicon Abundance Supervisors: Troels Haugbølle, Maria Bergemann, Åke Nordlund

Jiaming Yao

The Optical and Infrared Properties of Dusty Star-forming Galaxies in ALCS Supervisors: Georgios Magdis and Francesco Maria Valentino

Angeliki Christakopoulou

Biological exploration of Mars: Survival and metabolic activity testing of extremophiles exposed to simulated Martian soil and atmosphere, using a Mars environment simulation chamber Supervisors: Uffe Gråae…

Breaking news from the dawn of the universe

Gazing back to the early epochs after the Big Bang, for the first time have scientists found the ancestor of a supermassive black hole. The international research team is led by astronomers from the University of…