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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…

UCPH astronomers find six distant – and mysteriously dead – galaxies

Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), among…

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…

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…

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…

Into the DARKness - Twenty-four questions for the professor

Into the DARKness - Twenty-four questions for the professor. A podcast episode from Weekendavisen…

Bikuben Foundation's 2021 Vision Exhibition Award!

DARK is a part of Copenhagen Contemporary´s project.

DARK employee joined the Occupational Health & Safety Committee (OHS)

Gitte Michelsen (HCØ) and Michelle Westergaard (NBB) have been elected for 'LAMU' - the local OHS…

Marianne Vestergaard has been appointed professor

Marianne Vestergaard has been appointed professor as of 1 January 2021 Marianne's research activit…

The early Universe:

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…

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