ASTRON
ASTRON is the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. Its mission is to make discoveries in radio astronomy happen, via the development of novel and innovative technologies, the operation of world-class radio astronomy facilities, and the pursuit of fundamental astronomical research.
Added on 21 Jul 2009, 12:31 UTC, last updated on 22 May 2013, 06:53 UTC
Latest News
- 22 May 2013, 06:44 UTC Vidi grant awarded to ASTRON astronomer
- 2 May 2013, 12:27 UTC Neutron stars as laboratories
- 15 Apr 2013, 09:49 UTC New high-speed cameras for Westerbork Telescope
- 5 Apr 2013, 11:35 UTC ASTRON at Holland High Tech House - Hannover Messe 2013
- 19 Mar 2013, 08:38 UTC LOFAR discovers new giant galaxy in all-sky survey
- 13 Mar 2013, 13:13 UTC LOFAR telescope open for business
- 11 Mar 2013, 08:12 UTC Big Bang Meets Big Data
- 21 Feb 2013, 12:30 UTC Westerbork telescope opens hunt for cosmic flashes
- 24 Jan 2013, 16:47 UTC Chameleon pulsar baffles astronomers
- 14 Jan 2013, 13:20 UTC Sign up for the ASTRON/JIVE Summer Student Programme 2013
- 20 Dec 2012, 10:40 UTC Black holes – no place left to hide!
- 13 Dec 2012, 13:24 UTC Temporary entrance ASTRON building due to construction
- 12 Dec 2012, 10:09 UTC ASTRON engineer promoted on system design LOFAR telescope
- 30 Nov 2012, 09:22 UTC Science in the Netherlands: ASTRON in 'Experiment NL'
- 20 Nov 2012, 08:04 UTC Procurement telescope cabins awarded to Dutch company
- 16 Nov 2012, 12:06 UTC Dish Dwingeloo radio telescope back on tower
- 29 Oct 2012, 08:23 UTC Super-massive black hole inflates giant bubble
- 17 Oct 2012, 12:26 UTC European Advanced Grant for ASTRON astronomer
- 15 Oct 2012, 09:45 UTC Official launch ASTRON & IBM Center for Exascale Technology
- 11 Oct 2012, 07:41 UTC Over 400 visitors at re-opening Milky Way path
- 12 Sep 2012, 08:57 UTC NWO Vrije Competitie Award for Pulsar Timing with LOFAR
- 18 Jul 2012, 08:55 UTC ASTRON evaluated as excellent by international experts
- 17 Jul 2012, 13:31 UTC New Universe Awareness office at ASTRON & JIVE
- 6 Jul 2012, 15:26 UTC LOFAR - world's largest radio telescope open to worldwide community
- 28 Jun 2012, 11:56 UTC Dutch innovations at SPIE Astronomy, Telescopes & Instrumentation
- 7 Jun 2012, 13:52 UTC 360 degrees photo's of the Dwingeloo telescope
- 31 May 2012, 11:34 UTC Dish Dwingeloo Telescope temporarily dismantled
- 25 May 2012, 13:25 UTC ASTRON: Dual site agreed for Square Kilometre Array telescope
- 23 May 2012, 06:48 UTC Colliding galaxy cluster unravelled
- 14 May 2012, 14:52 UTC ASTRON proud at contribution to first instrument James Webb Space Telescope
- 14 May 2012, 11:32 UTC Over 800 visitors on open day @ ASTRON's LOFAR telescope
- 14 May 2012, 09:09 UTC Sounds of the Universe in 'De Wereld Draait Door University'
- 14 May 2012, 08:48 UTC "European" radio astronomy transcends borders; South Africa's National Research Foundation j...
- 8 May 2012, 11:23 UTC Be an astronomer for one day at ASTRON!
- 27 Apr 2012, 13:29 UTC Restoration Dwingeloo Radio Telescope kicks off
- 26 Apr 2012, 09:52 UTC Under 'dark halo' old galaxies have many more stars
- 13 Apr 2012, 08:35 UTC The Nederlands and South-Africa join forces for Big Data
- 10 Apr 2012, 09:36 UTC ASTRON & Staatsbosbeheer signal start of building project
- 1 Apr 2012, 18:47 UTC ASTRON and IBM collaborate to explore origins of Universe
- 21 Mar 2012, 07:45 UTC First RadioAstron interference fringe at 220,000 km baseline
- 19 Jan 2012, 08:02 UTC Astronomers find dark matter galaxy far, far away
- 16 Jan 2012, 13:44 UTC International LOFAR radio telescope kicks off all-sky survey
- 10 Jan 2012, 15:16 UTC A Boost for European Radio Astronomy
- 6 Dec 2011, 12:31 UTC New all-sky map shows magnetic fields at highest precision
- 24 Nov 2011, 15:19 UTC Grants for ASTRON & JIVE Summer Student Programme 2012
- 23 Nov 2011, 12:59 UTC International partners join forces for SKA telescope
- 23 Nov 2011, 10:39 UTC Youngest supernova ever imaged just after explosion
- 19 Oct 2011, 13:05 UTC Water vapour reveals how stars form around black hole
- 18 Oct 2011, 10:13 UTC Prestigious research grant for young ASTRON researcher
- 20 Sep 2011, 12:11 UTC World's largest radio telescope bigger with new Swedish LOFAR station
