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626 search results for “history of space” in the Staff website

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  Ajeng Arainikasih PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.a.arainikasih@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• Is our water older than the sun? Astronomers find clue in ice around young star News - 16 June 2025

  A team led by Leiden University in the Netherlands and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have, for the first time, robustly detected semi-heavy water ice around a young sunlike star. In this ice, some of the ordinary hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium, a heavier variant of hydroge…

• Webb detects icy ingredients for making potential habitable worlds News - 13 March 2024

  An international team of astronomers, led by Will Rocha of Leiden Observatory, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that the key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds are present in early-stage protostars, where planets have not yet formed.

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  Johannes Müller University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2193

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  Jelle Bruning University Lecturer Middle Eastern Studies / Arabic

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.bruning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1396

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  Toon Kerkhoff Associate professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.d.n.kerkhoff@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009484

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  Maia Casna PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.casna@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tsolin Nalbantian Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.nalbantian@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2985

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  Sara Brandellero University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.l.a.brandellero@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1447

• Sunken History Event - 8 April 2025

  PhD defence

• For the first time, astronomers witness the dawn of a new solar system News - 17 July 2025

  International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, and the James Webb Space Telescope, they have observed the creation of the first…

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  Brianne Wesolowski Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.m.wesolowski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271301

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  Jasper Krijns Student ambassador

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.m.p.krijns@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kevin Horbach Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.m.p.horbach@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Ymke Vreeburg Guest

  y.vreeburg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Julian Grob Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.n.grob@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Martijn Treur Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.treur@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Ariette Dekker Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.p.dekker@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

• A Contemporary Past – Looking Back and Forward Event - 26 June 2024

  Exhibition, Photo exibition

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  Maria Voltsichina PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.voltsichina@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Rachel Schats Associate professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

  r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1925

• Astronomers spot benzene in planet-forming disk around star for first time News - 11 May 2023

  An international team of astronomers including Leiden professor Ewine van Dishoeck has observed the benzene molecule (C6H6) in a planet-forming disk around a young star for the first time. The observations tell us more about the forming of planets in this disc, like our own Earth. The scientists publish…

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  Liselore Tissen Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.n.m.tissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• First detailed picture of ice in planet-forming disk News - 6 December 2023

  An international team of astronomers led by Ardjan Sturm of the Observatory has made the first two-dimensional inventory of ice in a planet-forming disk of dust and gas surrounding a young star. The researches, including Melissa McClure, used the James Webb Space Telescope and publish their findings…

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  Petra Sijpesteijn Professor of Arabic

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.m.sijpesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2027

• The hunt for frozen organic molecules in space Event - 9 May 2023

  PhD defence

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  Milena Bowman External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Law

  m.d.bowman@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Boundary extensions of symmetric spaces in equivariant KK-theory Event - 10 October 2024

  PhD defence

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  Chibuike Uche Professor governance of finance and integrity in Africa

  African Studies Centre

  c.u.uche@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3854

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  Ellen van Reuler Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.a.h.e.van.reuler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275077

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  Vincent Chang Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.k.chang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2151

• Accidental double zoom reveals millimetre waves around supermassive black hole News - 21 August 2025

  An international team of astronomers led by Matus Rybak (Leiden University) has proven, thanks to accidental double zoom, that millimetre radiation is generated close to the core of a supermassive black hole. Their findings have been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

• Leiden physicists search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated particle News - 27 June 2025

  Is it possible to measure subtle oscillations caused by dark matter moving through the earth? A Dutch-American physicist team have discovered a new route toward what could be the first-ever measurement of ultralight dark matter. They suspended a microscopic magnet inside a superconducting enclosure,…

• Astronomers and surgeons join forces in the operating theatre News - 22 July 2025

  Astronomers and surgeons from Leiden are collaborating with industry to develop an optical instrument that delivers faster, more accurate imaging of tumour tissue and abnormal blood flow during surgery.

• ESA presents first crystal-clear Euclid photos of the cosmos News - 7 November 2023

  The first full-colour images of the cosmos from ESA's space telescope Euclid were presented today. Never before has a telescope been able to take such crystal-clear astronomical images of such a large part of the sky and so far into the deep universe. The five images illustrate Euclid's full potential;…

• First scientific images Euclid telescope exceed all expectations News - 23 May 2024

  Space telescope Euclid is capable of unravelling the secrets of the universe. That is what the images published by ESA today show, according to astronomers working with the telescope's data. The images exceed all expectations. Scientists within the Euclid consortium, including astronomers Henk Hoekstra…

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  David André Anton Cina PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.a.a.cina@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Aart Ruijter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.ruijter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Willemijn Tuinstra PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.tuinstra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Orson McMahon PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  o.mcmahon@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Andreas Hofmann Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.hofmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7951

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  Ody Dwicahyo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.dwicahyo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.mamadjibeye@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Muhammad Asyrafi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.asyrafi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Nuranisa Nuranisa PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.nuranisa@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Caroline Schep PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.e.schep@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2359

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  Alliance Mango Kubota PhD candidate

  African Studies Centre

  m.k.mango.kubota@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Koundja Mayoubila PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.mayoubila@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Floris de Ruiter PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.p.de.ruiter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6899

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  Kamila Smagulova PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.smagulova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2159