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Hubble fotografeert spectaculair stervormingsgebied in de Tarantulanevel: Tuesday 17 April 2012

Ter gelegenheid van de 22ste verjaardag van de NASA/ESA ruimtetelescoop Hubble op 24 april 2012, is een spectaculaire foto vrijgegeven van het turbulente stervormingsgebied 30 Doradus in het hart van de Tarantulanevel. 30 Doradus is het helderste stervormingsgebied in onze directe galactische omgeving.
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Herschel fotografeert tweelingbroertje van de Kuipergordel: Thursday 12 April 2012

Nieuwe opnamen van de ruimtetelescoop Herschel laten rond de jonge ster Fomalhaut de gloed zien van een extreem dynamische schijf van stof en gruis, waarin per dag duizenden kometen worden vernietigd. De structuur lijkt op de Kuipergordel in ons jonge zonnestelsel.
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API soccer team wins cup three years in a row: Wednesday 11 April 2012

The Inter Institute Indoor Football Tournament, also known as the Cataclysmic Collision Competition, was won by the delegation of the Anton Pannekoek Institute again.
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Dutch Astronomy Conference 2012: Fletcher Hotel Amelander Kaap, Ameland — 23 May 2012 ‒ 25 May 2012

The annual Dutch Astronomy Conference, under the auspices of the NAC (Nederlandse Astronomen Club) will be organized on May 23, 24 and 25.
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MSc Symposium Day and Best Colloquium Prize Competition: 28 June 2012

A full day of Master graduation colloquia. Come watch our students present their projects and compete for the Best Colloquium Prize! All welcome!
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Finding the dark matter: David Hogg, NOVA colloquium — NYU

One of the principal goals of Gaia and surveys like it is to infer the density map and formation history of the Milky Way. I present a few toy problems in which we use phase-space information for a snapshot of tracer particles to infer the matter density within the system.

Friday 1 June 2012, 15:00. Location: C4.174
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Title not yet known: Dennis Bodewits — University of Maryland

Friday 8 June 2012, 15:00. Location: C4.174
Title not yet known: Christopf Mordasini — MPIA Heidelberg

Friday 15 June 2012, 15:00. Location: C4.174

Title not yet known: Jason Hessels

Thursday 31 May 2012, 12:30. Location: C4.174
Title not yet known: Sera Markoff

Thursday 7 June 2012, 12:30. Location: A1.10
Title not yet known: Franka Buurmeijer

Thursday 21 June 2012, 12:45. Location: C4.174