Anja C. Andersen

BREAKING: Sugars essential for life have been found in pristine asteroid Bennu samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Combined with previous detections of amino acids and nucleobases, we see that life’s ingredients were widespread throughout the solar system: go.nasa.gov/48MTu9i More on the study led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of @TohokuUniPR⤵️

-@DustAnja (Professor Anja C. Andersen) was delighted to return to Riyadh, after many years, and expressed her admiration for @SaudiVision2030 @DKAmbKSA arab.news/ydwhq

🌌 A night Under the Stars hosted by @DKAmbKSA, bringing together science, culture, and curiosity in Riyadh. Prof. Anja C. Andersen shared her cosmic journey — from stardust to galaxies — inspiring minds across borders. 🇸🇦🇩🇰 #UnderTheStars #SaudiTimes #Riyadh #Denmark #Astronomy

✨ A fascinating evening Under the Stars hosted by @DKAmbKSA at the Royal Danish Embassy in Riyadh. Prof. Anja C. Andersen has begun her presentation, taking guests on a cosmic journey through dust, planets, and the mysteries of the universe. 🇸🇦🇩🇰 #UnderTheStars #SaudiTimes #Riyadh #Denmark #Astronomy

The latest incredible view of Mars from the Perseverance Rover shows the bluish sunset

🏆 Congratulations to our President, Maria Leptin, on winning the 2025 LASDB Lifetime Award! 👏🏼 And congratulations also to the other laureates. @LASDB_DevBiol

Det danske klods-hans syndrom. Læs nu bare, drenge! politiken.dk/danmark/uddann…

Today, a decision to increase ERC support for researchers moving to Europe was adopted. On top of normal grants, the ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help PIs establish laboratories/research teams in Europe. This extra is now x2 (up to €2 million!) europa.eu/!6Vdgmp

Jeg har et naivt håb om, at regeringen vil lytte til den massive og velbegrundede kritik af deres seneste påfund. Selvfølgelig skal efterretningstjenesten ikke have fri leg med vores data. Vi skal værne om tillid, retsstat og vores frie samfund. #dkpol dr.dk/nyheder/politi…

Can't wait for Reviewer #2 🤬

Rigtig god og vigtig kommentar af @stinuslindgreen i @Altingetdk altinget.dk/forskning/arti…

I dagens episode tager vi en afstikker til Egyptens pyramider. De seneste måneder har et forskerhold påstået, at have beviser på at der under Giza-pyramiderne gemmer sig spiralformede konstruktioner mange gange større end pyramiderne selv. Det har pustet til de sejlivede rygter om at ikke-jordiske kræfter har haft en finger med i spillet, og at pyramiderne måske slet ikke er menneskeskabte. Men er det overhovedet plausibelt? Hvad ved vi om byggeprocessen vedrørende pyramiderne? Og hvad med de påståede underjordiske søjler - er der hold i den pressemeddelelse de to forskere har udsendt med de vilde påstande? @DustAnja og jeg har i dagens afsnit besøg af PhD i ægyptologi og seniorforsker ved Nationalmuseet Anne Haslund Hansen som har kigget på de nye opdagelser og som har en kæmpe viden om pyramiderne generelt. open.spotify.com/episode/7zPi2t…

This popular group leaps into the early evening sky around the March equinox and the northern hemisphere spring. Famous as the Leo Triplet, the three magnificent galaxies found in the prominent constellation Leo gather here in one astronomical field of view. Crowd pleasers when imaged with even modest telescopes, they can be introduced individually as NGC 3628 (bottom left), M66 (middle right), and M65 (top center). All three are large spiral galaxies but tend to look dissimilar, because their galactic disks are tilted at different angles to our line of sight. NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy, is temptingly seen edge-on, with obscuring dust lanes cutting across its puffy galactic plane. The disks of M66 and M65 are both inclined enough to show off their spiral structure. Gravitational interactions between galaxies in the group have left telltale signs, including the tidal tails and warped, inflated disk of NGC 3628 and the drawn out spiral arms of M66. This gorgeous view of the region spans over 1 degree (two full moons) on the sky. Captured with a telescope from Sawda Natheel, Qatar, planet Earth, the frame covers over half a million light-years at the Leo Trio's estimated 30 million light-year distance. Image Credit & Copyright: Rabeea Alkuwari

A mission to the moon would be nice; Interview with Danish astronaut and adjunct professor at DTU -Technical University of Denmark - @Astro_Andreas Mogensen, on his work at the European Astronaut Centre, dreams of the Moon, and the beef with Elon Musk. space.dtu.dk/english/about-…

Rima Hyginus is a spectacular fissure, some 220 kilometers long, found near the center of the lunar near side. Easy to spot in telescopic views of the Moon, it stretches top left to bottom right across this lunar closeup. The image was made with exaggerated colors that reflect the mineral composition of the lunar soil. Hyginus crater lies near the center of the narrow lunar surface groove. About 10 kilometers in diameter, the low-walled crater is a volcanic caldera, one of the larger non-impact craters on the lunar surface. Dotted with small pits formed by surface collapse, Hyginus rima itself was likely created by stresses due to internal magma upwelling and collapse along a long surface fault. The intriguing region was a candidate landing site for the canceled Apollo 19 mission. Image Credit & Copyright: Vincenzo Mirabella

A new photo of the Sombrero galaxy from @NASAWebb reveals finer details of the hat-like formation. It has a smooth inner disk, while its “brim” – the outer ring – is made of intricate lumps. go.nasa.gov/3CLH5Fl

I dag er der konference om børns fritid i Fællessalen. Den perfekte vært er @LotteRod, der åbner med historien om Pippi som tingfinder. Senere skal vi blandt andet lytte til @DustAnja og @Astro_Andreas. Selv er jeg kun tilhører, da jeg sidder i bestyrelsen for @Videnskabsklub

@Fedeabe Det er vigtigt de er slidstærke vi er nogle der slider den slags op 🚀

OMG Føtex sælger åbenbart vinkelmålere, der er fremstillet af ægte diamanter

Endnu et soludbrud. Der er gang i Solen for tiden hvilket giver mange nordlys.

By starlight, this eerie visage shines in the dark with a crooked profile evoking its popular name, the Witch Head Nebula. In fact, this entrancing telescopic portrait gives the impression that a witch has fixed her gaze on Orion's bright supergiant star Rigel. More formally known as IC 2118, the Witch Head Nebula spans about 50 light-years and is composed of interstellar dust grains reflecting Rigel's starlight. The color of the Witch Head Nebula is caused not only by Rigel's intense blue light, but because the dust grains scatter blue light more efficiently than red. The same physical process causes Earth's daytime sky to appear blue, although the scatterers in Earth's atmosphere are molecules of nitrogen and oxygen. Rigel and this dusty cosmic crone are about 800 light-years away. You may still see a few witches in your neighborhood tonight though, so have a safe and Happy Halloween! Image Credit & Copyright: Simone Curzi