Astrophysics: 2021.12.08 A novel way of investigating star-forming gas in the early Universe Combining observations of exploding stars and observations of galaxies, astronomers at the Cosmic…
Outer space 2021.11.22 One in five galaxies in the early universe could still be hidden behind cosmic dust Astronomers at the University of Copenhagen’s Cosmic Dawn Center have discovered two previously…
Award: 2021.10.21 Birgitta Nordström receives the KIF Lifetime Achievement Award The board of KIF has decided to give this special Lifetime Achievement Award to Associate Professor…
Astrophysics: 2021.10.08 Reported record-distant explosion turns out to be probably just a piece of space junk A perspective into how science sometimes operates: Even with the most careful measures taken to…
astrophysics 2021.09.23 UCPH astronomers find six distant – and mysteriously dead – galaxies Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), among…
Astrophysics 2021.09.13 Astronomers spot the same supernova three times — and predict a fourth sighting in 16 years The enormous gravitation of a cluster of galaxies warps space to the extent that light from distant…
Astrophysics: 2021.08.09 Kasper Heintz is awarded 180 hours at the Very Large Telescope to study fast radio bursts In an exceptionally large program, postdoc and DAWN affiliate Kasper Heintz will now have the…
Astrophysics: 2021.07.12 Danish Student solves how the Universe is reflected near black holes Space is so warped around black holes that even light rays curve around them. However, this has not…
The early Universe: 2021.04.22 ALMA Discovers Rotating Infant Galaxy with Help of Natural Cosmic Telescope Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers at the Cosmic Dawn Center at…
The Universe 2021.03.31 New study shows doubt about the composition of 70 percent of our universe Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark…
space research 2021.02.18 Are we alone? UCPH researchers hold their breath ahead of Mars landing Traces of prehistoric life will be the ultimate goal as the NASA rover Perseverance lands on Mars…