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SAC finds one of the world’s hottest exoplanets
One of the world’s hottest exoplanets has been observed in a new study from the Center of Excellence Stellar Physics Centre (SAC) at Aarhus University…
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Other October News in Brief
International conference held by CeMist; MIB welcomes new Professor; New study from SAC works on reducing the emission of greenhouse gasses; CEM conference held at the…
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Other April News in Brief
Professor Eva Hoffman from CCS receives a professorship; Two pieces of research news from UrbNet; Head of center Susanne Mandrup from ATLAS publishes new study…
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News from SAC: Two exoplanets are orbiting backwards around a star
An international group of researchers, with the participation of Maria Hjorth, Ph.D.; Simon Albrecht, Ph.D.; and Ph.D. student Emil Knudstrup from the Center of Excellence…
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Other May News in Brief
Antti-Pekka Jauho has been awarded an honorary doctorate; PROMEMO published a new article in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience; SAC has expanded the SONG network with…
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Article from SAC in Nature: New measurements help understand an oscillating type of star
A group of stars called delta Scuti are difficult to measure because their brightness fluctuates irregularly. Therefore, astrophysics has long been interested in the study…
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New study from SAC: Oscillations from an old star reveal galactic collision
A new study of stellar oscillations from an old star reveals that the Milky Way collided with a dwarf galaxy about 11 billion years ago.…
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Observations of red giants may confirm 50-year-old theory
When low-mass stars, such as the Sun, are about to burn out, they swell and become red giants – a phase in the life of…
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SAC: Enormous collision might explain twin planets
Press release from SAC: Two of the exoplanets that are circling around the Kepler-107 star are identical in size but far from equal in weight.…
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SONG project led by SAC examines possible exoplanet and expands with two new telescopes
The Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), a basic research center, is in charge of the Danish-led project Stellar Observations Network Group (SONG) that just finished an…
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Other December News in Brief
Head of Center Lone Grams is appointed to the board of Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) As of January 1, 2019, head of the DNRF…
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New from SAC: Solar storms can be caused by the sun’s unusual rotation pattern
Professor Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, who is head of center at the DNRF’s Center for Stellar Astrophysics (SAC), is one of the researchers behind a new study…
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SAC helps NASA set the clock on recently launched TESS telescope
Researchers from the Stellar Astrophysics Center (SAC) at Aarhus University will be helping NASA set the clock on the space telescope TESS, which was launched…
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Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard receives Danish science award
Professor Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, head of center at the Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC) at Aarhus University, is one of two recipients of this year’s Rigmor and…
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Scientists from Stellar Astrophysics Centre publish article in Monthly Notices about measuring technique for star clusters
The human fascination and investigation of the stars is sometimes limited by insufficient measuring equipment, which has been the case so far when observing bright…
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