For the first time, astronomers, including Elisa Costantini (SRON/UvA), have directly measured how much sulfur exists in gas and solid form in the interstellar medium. The result helps explain how gas clumps together to form stars and planets.
24.07.2025 06:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Dutch consortium including SRON, TU Delft, NOVA, and Veldlaser has received funding to further develop PRIMA’s far- infrared detector. PRIMA is one of two finalists for NASA's next Probe mission. The team will advance SRON’s KID technology to space readiness (TRL-6).
22.07.2025 08:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This afternoon we kick-off the construction of the ESA TANGO satellite, built by a Dutch consortium of SRON, ISISPACE, TNO KNMI. #TANGO will measure greenhouse gas emissions from individual sources such as power plants, landfills and factories.
Check out the preview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2-J...
09.07.2025 08:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yamila Miguel has won the Pastoor Schmeitsprijs for her groundbreaking theoretical work on rocky exoplanets with atmospheres.
Her models help us imagine what alien worlds with molten oceans might really be like, and in 2024, humanity observed one for the first time.
Congrats, Yamila!
01.07.2025 08:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We are incredibly proud that Prof. Ilse Aben has been awarded the NWO Stevin Prize!
Her work provides governments and companies with tools to reduce #methane emissions from oil and gas fields, coal mines, and landfills.
“I see this award as recognition for TROPOMI and everyone who contributed.”
27.06.2025 07:28 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Methane emissions from landfills are a major climate threat. In the #TWOS project, SRON, GlobalMethaneHub, GHGSat & partners use satellite data to support mitigation. First dataset now public via #WasteMAP.
#LondonClimateWeek
25.06.2025 15:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We @sronspace.bsky.social are proud to deliver these data to CAMS, now integrated into the IMEO platform
20.06.2025 10:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A European team led by the Netherlands (Konstantinos Migkas, SRON, Universiteit Leiden) found a huge filament of hot gas linking four galaxy clusters. This warm-hot intergalactic medium spans 23 million light-years and may be the ‘missing normal matter’.
Learn more: shorturl.at/HmnnS
20.06.2025 09:26 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Proudly launching our new brand identity!
This modern identity marks the beginning of a new chapter for SRON as we continue our mission to advance space research and technology.
A new brand identity also means a brand-new website! Check it out: www.sron.nl
#newidentity #launchevent #sron
26.03.2025 15:38 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
The Dutch TROPOMI space instrument creates daily global maps of amongst others carbon monoxide (CO) in the atmosphere. Researchers from SRON and TNO have now measured CO emissions over a full year from the 21 largest European steel plants.
Read more: www.sron.nl/news/jaarlij...
23.01.2025 15:33 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The science consortium of ESA's future X-ray telescope #NewAthena has shared its mission goals in Nature Astronomy. NewAthena will be an ESA flagship #Xray observatory, offering major improvements in sensitivity, spectroscopy and survey capabilities.
Read more: www.sron.nl/news/wetensc...
20.01.2025 12:01 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
