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Matter and Space

On this page you will find the most recent research articles about Matter and Space.

Studying the universe to understand the world
Published on:28 January 2025

By understanding the cosmos, we can better fathom the fundamentals of our world. That is the idea behind the research theme Fundamentals of the Universe, in which three institutes of the University of Groningen form a unique collaboration.

The knowledge produced by 12 years of Gaia observations
Published on:23 January 2025

The European space telescope Gaia, which had been mapping the Milky Way, stopped scanning the sky earlier this month. University of Groningen astronomer Amina Helmi was involved in designing the satellite and sharing the measurements with the scientific community.

Building top-notch telescopes to look into our past
Published on:06 January 2025

RUG professor Scott Trager is developing new methods to unravel the evolution of stars in the Milky Way – and of galaxies far away. ‘There is a sense of wonder in looking out at the universe and thinking: how did this come to be? How does it all work?’

Emergentie-onderzoek in de kosmologie ontvangt NWA-ORC-subsidie
Published on:13 November 2024

Emergentie in de kosmologie - Het doel van het onderzoek is oa te begrijpen hoe ruimte, tijd, zwaartekracht en het universum uit bijna niets lijken te ontstaan. Meer informatie hierover in het nieuwsbericht.

European COFUND grant on the origin and evolution of life funds 17 PhD students
Published on:04 October 2024

The EU has awarded a major grant to a consortium of researchers from the Universities of Groningen and Leiden to research the origin and nature of life.

Design approved of super camera with University of Groningen contributions
Published on:04 September 2024

News background: Design approved of super camera

‘We could not have dreamed of this’
Published on:06 June 2024

An international team of researchers, led by Groningen PhD candidate Aditya Arabhavi, has discovered that disks around very faint young stars are very different from those around Sun-like stars.

Scientists discover the largest stellar black hole of the Milky Way
Published on:16 April 2024

A European team of astronomers has discovered the largest stellar black hole of the Milky Way.

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