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Give students of RSG Wolsbos in Hoogeveen a look into the world of radio...
© Tammo-Jan Dijkema In the third year of secondary school, students must decide with which courses they want to continue. Are they for example going for a more economic centered choice with courses...
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Giant pulse on two bands
© CC-BY 4.0 Tammo Jan Dijkema This shows a giant pulse of the Crab pulsar, which we observed on 17 January with the Dwingeloo telescope. We recorded this pulse with the two feeds in the focus of the...
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Another look at M87*
© Event Horizon Telescope The EHT recently released a new image of the shadow of the super massive black hole M87*, based on 2018 data. In the meantime the EHT array has been upgraded â it is now...
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Colloquium: Uncovering the diversity of fast radio bursts
© Ziggy Pleunis Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are millisecond-duration extragalactic radio transients of elusive origin that were first discovered in 2007. They are unique probes of the density and...
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The SPECTRUM Project kicks off
© SPECTRUM Project From 30 January to 1 February, partners from across Europe converged on the offices of the EGI Foundation in Amsterdam for the kick-off event of the SPECTRUM Project. SPECTRUM is an...
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First LOFAR2.0 fringes!
© ASTRON On February 1st, the signals from the first LOFAR2.0 station (CS001) were correlated with those from a LOFAR remote station (RS503) resulting in these fringes. These fringes represent a major...
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Improved version: giant pulse on two bands
© CC-BY 4.0 Tammo Jan Dijkema Last week we showed an image of a giant pulse of the Crab pulsar simultaneously observed with two SDRs (software defined radios) attached to the Dwingeloo telescope. This...
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A bright burst detection from FRB 20240114A at P-band using Westerbork RT-1
© Ould-Boukattine Earlier this week, on Feb 5th, we detected a bright FRB originating from the recently discovered repeater FRB 20240114A using the Westerbork RT-1 telescope. We have been monitoring...
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Colloquium: Fast radio burst and Magnetar observations at Astropeiler Stockert
© Wolfgang Herrmann The Astropeiler Stockert is a 25-m radio telescope completely operated by amateurs. It is an unusual thing that an instrument of that size is maintained and operated on a volunteer...
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ILT visit DE601 Effelsberg
© none From Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th February the Maintenance team visited station DE601 in Effelsberg, Germany to find a solution for re-occurring power outages.We kept replacing SPU boards over...
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SKA Science Data Challenge 3a
© SKA Observatory When it becomes operational later this decade, the SKA Observatory will provide tremendous improvements in sensitivity and will generate enormously more data than previous telescopes....
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Goodbye AGILE!
© Benito & AGILE Team On 14 February 2024, the AGILE satellite gracefully re-entered Earth's atmosphere, concluding a remarkable journey that spanned over a decade. AGILE, an acronym for...
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Guest lesson at the Roelof van Echten College
© Mischa Brendel On January 15th, Mark Olijve, Scott Polotto, Gerda Sikkens, Mischa Brendel and Amelie Finan, intern at the Communication Department, visited the second class vmbo of the Roelof van...
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Pushing Limits
© FHI On Friday 2 February 2024 our "own" André Gunst took the stage in Ahoy Rotterdam to inspire an audience of ~600 people with the fascinating journey we are undertaking. He explained how we unveil...
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Colloquium: New insights into Jovian auroral radio emissions from Juno...
© Corentin Louis Jupiter is the planet with the most intense and extensive radio emission in our solar system, and is often used as a point of comparison for exoplanets. The Jovian radio spectrum is...
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Milliarcsecond Localisation of the Hyperactive Repeating FRB 20220912A
© Hewitt FRB 20220912A is one of the most active fast radio burst (FRB) sources known to date. During the peak of its activity, it accounted for a few percent of the entire all-sky rate of FRBs above a...
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Interview on Radio Swammerdam
© Radio Swammerdam / ASTRON On February 25th, 2024, I discussed radio telescopes, neutron stars, fast radio bursts, and radio-frequency interference during a 1-hour interview for Radio Swammerdam with...
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ICD EMC^2 peers at Wireless Data Lab
© ICD, ASTRON ICD companies and technicians with special EMC knowledge of high-frequency electronics learn from each other: together we are stronger. January 25 there was a measurement session of five...
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Colloquium: Goodbye darkness, my old friend
© Tobias keller The night-time environment has changed drastically in less than a century, a result of artificial light at night (ALAN). Urban dwellers can no longer observe the night sky as their...
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Meidendag and Girls' Day
© Joanne Jager/Mischa Brendel On Wednesday March 6th and Thursday March 7th, we had Meidendag and Girlsâ Day respectively. On Meidendag we opened the doors of our Open Science Hub in the Huis van...
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