Leiden University Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:55:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Leiden University Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Big data, advanced algorithms and new approaches for space missions https://spacenews.com/big-data-advanced-algorithms-and-new-approaches-for-space-missions/ https://spacenews.com/big-data-advanced-algorithms-and-new-approaches-for-space-missions/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:55:30 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=507266

MILAN – Spacewalks, often a highlight of space missions, are likely to change in the future as given advancements in robotics and teleoperations. Every time an astronaut steps out of […]

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Meticulous analysis of hundreds of photographic plates from the star J1407 between 1890 and 2007 show no stellar eclipses. Robin Mentel, a master student at Leiden University, could not detect […]

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]]> 460730 European Citizens Measure Air Pollution With Their Smartphones https://spacenews.com/european-citizens-measure-air-pollution-with-their-smartphones/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 12:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=73143 The successful Dutch iSPEX-project [1] that enlisted the general public to contribute to the understanding of air pollution is being scaled up and running its first Europe-wide citizen campaign: iSPEX-EU. […]

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]]> 73143 How Buckyballs Form in Interstellar Space https://spacenews.com/how-buckyballs-form-in-interstellar-space/ Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:05:22 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=12328

Scientists from Leiden University have shown in the laboratory how Buckyballs — molecular soccer balls — form in space. The experiments are special, as these are based on a new […]

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