Welcome to the Cosmic Dawn Center
The Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) is an international basic research center supported by the Danish National Research Foundation.
DAWN is located in Copenhagen at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, and at the National Space Institute at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Space).
The center is dedicated to uncovering how and when the first galaxies, stars and black holes formed, through observations with the prime telescopes of the next decade (ALMA, JWST, Euclid, E-ELT, HST) as well as through theory and simulations.
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News
Viola Gelli wins prize for best PhD thesis in astrophysics
Congratulations and an extra happy New Year to Viola Gelli for winning the “Livio Gratton” prize, Italy’s top award for the best PhD thesis in Astrophysics. The prize was awarded for Viola’s thesis “Dwarf satellite galaxies at high-redshift: physical understanding and JWST predictions”.
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International collaboration honored with prestigious Into Change Award for uncovering the cosmic origin of heavy elements
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Galactic dust reveals hidden patterns in stunning new images from James Webb
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First light from student-built radio telescope
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Kasper Elm Heintz among Berlingske’s Top 100 Talents
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James Webb discovers earliest sign of the Universe becoming transparent
Astro-Pic Of the Day
- Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the SunAn unusually active sunspot region is now crossing the Sun