DAWN takes pride in explaining both our own research, and astronomy in general, to the public. Below is a list of our previous media appearances (note that much of the material is in Danish).
Are you a journalist looking for a comment, an explanation, an opinion, or a full interview, please get in touch:
How do we know how quickly the universe is expanding?
Meteor shower over Denmark
Peter Laursen explains shooting stars during meteor shower (DR/Mathias Oldager)
Ask a physicist: About energies during quantum leaps
JWST's long journey through space
Meteor shower over Denmark
Rare sight during live interview (Maja Langberg/TV2)
- 5 things you should know about the James Webb Space Telescope
- DAWN contributed to this educational video from the Danish public-service tv/radio broadcasting company.
JWST Launch: Progress-commentary
On Christmas Day 2021 NASA launched the Hubble telescope's successor: the James Webb Space Telescope, which will help humanity look further back in time and hopefully gather a better understanding of the universe's origin.
Watch the commentary on TV2-Play
Everything in the Universe is built of little particles
As a part of the Ministry of Educations' strategy to increase school pupils' interest in science ("Naturvidenskabens ABC"), 10 researchers explain 10 scientific insights, and their own relation to these insights. This is DAWN's contribution:
Johan Fynbo talks about galaxies
Johan Fynbo, Professor at DAWN, talks about the foundations and history of the study of galaxies and cosmology and why we want to continue pushing the boundaries of astronomy on this video from one of our main contributors, Carlsbergfondet:
On the astrophysical implications of a giant truffle cake (w/ Jonatan Spang/Tæt På Sandheden)
Jonatan Spang, the host of the Danish satire show Tæt På Sandheden, contacted DAWN to learn how big a "romkugle" he could donate to our Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen (spoiler: As you add cake, at roughly 50,000 km it begins to shrink rather than grow, and as it reaches 30,000 km, it turns into a star).
Science Slam w/ Peter Laursen & Thomas Greve at the Planetarium
Planetarium fejrer 30 år med Per Vers, Science Slam og bobler from Planetarium Copenhagen.
The Planetarium in Copenhagen is celebrating it's 30th anniversary, and an event where eight physics professors, postdocs and PhD will discuss which area of physics is actually the best will be held with participation of Peter Laursen and Thomas Greve of DAWN. Drop by and check it out. There will be researchers representing everything from new aerospace technology to galaxy formation (yay), cosmoclimatology and exoplanetary studies.
The format of the event will be of a "Rapping Fight Night", a real Science Slam!
The Bishop Sisters on the hunt for God
Johan Fynbo has talked to Tine Lindhardt about his relation to science and God.
5 things you must know about galaxies
A video in videnskab.dk's series about researchers telling the top five most important facts about various topics.
- What is spacetime? Why does it exist, and how can it bend?
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- What is light, and what does it mean "to see"?
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- What is the Higgs particle and why is it important to us?
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- What are scientific models, and can we trust them?
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- On the structure of the Universe on all scales, from elementary particles to the multiverse
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- Can you travel faster than light?
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- How fast does the Universe expand?
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- Space geometry, Euclid, and a squashed donut
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- Black holes — a dark tale of gravity and more…
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- The Big Bang; what happened, and was it really the beginning of time?
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- The formation, evolution, diversity, and history of galaxies
- Peter Laursen with IDA Space Talks
- Sort huller — kosmiske tyve
- Johan Fynbo in Aarhus Studenterradio
- Vildt Naturligt
- Peter Laursen talks with Johan Olsen and Vicky Knudsen on DR/P1 about James Webb.
- Aarhus Studenterradio
- Johan Fynbo talks with Kasper about black holes.
- The James Webb Space Telescope Is About To Launch (Charlotte Mason on NPR)
- NASA is about to launch the most powerful space telescope ever (Charlotte Mason on NPR)
- The science of JWST (Francesca Rizzo / Co.Scienza)
- Universe Revealed (Charlotte Mason in a BBC/PBS documentary)
- Pilestræde: Spejle i rummet (Albert Sneppen talks about black holes in Danish)
- Time (travel) & entropy in Nolan's TENET (Peter Laursen with Simon Schmidt & Svenne Lund Jensen/Radio 4)
- Cosmic Dawn (Johan Fynbo with Lone Frank/Weekendavisen)
- The Big Bang (Peter Laursen with Tina Ipsen & Anders Høeg Nissen/RUMSNAK)
- Autumn's night sky in Norway (Peter Laursen with Kari Slaatsveen/NRK P1)
- Stars vs. grains of sand (Peter Laursen with Elise Farestveit/NRK P1)
In addition to comments in interviews, we also sometimes write our own popular science articles
2025
- New study presents evidence for the accelerations of the Universe having turned around
- Simon Clemmensen/Illustreret Videnskab
- How do Voyager 1 and 2 transmit data to Earth?
- Gustav Prip/videnskab.dk
- Did you miss the meteor shower last night? You'll have the chance again tonight
- Rune Stenger Jacobsen/Jyllands-Posten
- Perseids and planet parades
- Jesper Hammeken/Ekstra-Bladet
- Hundreds (sic!) of shooting stars and Saturn's rings
- Rune Stenger Jacobsen/Jyllands-Posten
- Interview on the Perseids and planet conjunctions (Ritzau)
- Picked up by e.g. Politiken, DR, TV2, og videnskab.dk.
- Researchers put a date on the end of the Universe
- Lars Henrik Aagaard/Berlingske
- New record: earliest galaxy ever
- Mette Mølgaard/videnskab.dk
- Newly-discovered bizarre object may imply the non-existence of Planet 9
- Simon Clemmensen/Illustreret Videnskab
- Is the Universe returning to the Big Bang? New measurement open up the the possibility
- Tania Andersen/Ingeniøren
- New results about dark energy can change our understanding of the Universe
- Ida Meesenburg/DR
- Seven planets at the same time. How to spot the rare phenomenon on the night sky
- Simon Clemmensen/Illustreret Videnskab
- Earth's defense against asteroids has become stronger
- Emilie Hvid Rasmussen/Kristeligt Dagblad
- Planets on parade: Right now you can see 6/7 of them
- Jacob Mouritzen/TV2
- Once in a lifetime planet parade: astronomically unimportant but aesthetically pleasing
- Carsten Bessing/Ingeniøren
2024
- This year's Christmas calendar is about time travel. But is it really possible?
- Cecilie Fogtmann/Kristelig Dagblad
- The Geminids are upon us
- Tanya Maria Møller Knudsen/videnskab.dk
- Shouldn't galaxy collision be impossible?
- Mikkel Meister/Illustreret Videnskab
- Morning dew in a cosmic web: New 3D map of the Universe provides hints about dark energy
- Henrik Bendix/videnskab.dk
- Interview about the Perseids (Ritzau)
- Picked up by e.g. Berlingske, TV2, TV2 Øst, Ekstra Bladet, B.T., Se & Hør (!), andSeniorNews (!).
- Are we being watched by aliens? (probably not)
- Tanya Maria Møller Knudsen/videnskab.dk
- Danish researchers look 13 billion years back in time and make a "fantastic" discovery
- Lise Brix/videnskab.dk
- Interview on the Lyrids (Ritzau)
- Picked up by e.g. DR, B.T., MSN, Ugeavisen, og Aarhus Stiftstidende,
- Spiral phenomenon over East Greenland
- Thomas Munk Veirum/Sermitsiaq
2023
- 2023 in astronomy
- Mette Vosgerau/videnskab.dk
- 30 shooting stars per hour: Meteor swarm brightens the night sky
- Lauge Germunddsson/TV2 Øst
- Reported by e.g. Ekstra Bladet
- Peter studies the early galaxies – now you can have him home for a talk in your living room
- Marie Kjempff/TV2 Kosmopol
- Invite a researcher for a free talk at home
- Peter Rasmussen/Ritzau
- Reported by e.g. Berlingske, B.T., Kristeligt Dagblad, MSN, Ugeavisen, Stiften, and Jyllands-Posten
- Increasing light pollution makes star-gazing difficult
- Johan Gudmandsen/videnskab.dk
2022
- James Webb announced the breakthrough of the year
- Christian Lindberg/videnskab.dk
- Cosmic mystery: Galaxies from the early Universe appear much bigger than ought to be
- Johan Gudmandsen/videnskab.dk
- Are there more universes than this?
- Mette Mølgaard/videnskab.dk
- What does James Webb's first five images show?
- Frederik Sonne/videnskab.dk
- Will black holes swallow the whole Universe?
- Simon Taarnskov Aabech/videnskab.dk
- Article translated to Norwegian on forskning.no
- What will the James Webb Space Telescope look for in the Universe?
- Simon Taarnskov Aabech/videnskab.dk
- James Webb's observational schedule is out now
- Henrik Bendix/Ingeniøren
- Lyset fra Bohr
- Johan Fynbo, Peter Laursen & Darach Watson each wrote a chapter for this book explaining the research carried out at the Niels Bohr Institute.
- Ingeniøren
- Webb's first observations
- Scientific American
- Associate Professor Charlotte Mason was interviewed about the first JWST results.
- ABP live
- Researcher Shuowen Jin was interviewed about his work as an observational astronomer looking at galaxies in the early universe.
- Popular Science
- DAWN Fellow Anne Hutter was interviewed about how the JWST can shed more light on the earliest universe and the first forming galaxies.
- Laces Focus World Magazine
- Most distant single star observed
- videnskab.dk
- Are there more Universes than ours?
- videnskab.dk
- Will black holes swallow the Universe?
- videnskab.dk
- Rogue planets
- videnskab.dk
- James Webb's first images
- videnskab.dk
- Webb appointed "Breakthrough Of The Year" by Science
- videnskab.dk
- Remarkably big galaxies with Web
2021
- A golden guiding-star
- Weekendavisen
- Earth, the sun and the universe
- Peter Laursen interviewed by Mikkel Vuorela/Dagbladet Information
- JWST: Danish astronomers to observe the deepest corners of space with the new super telescope
- Thomas Greve & Peter Laursen interviewed by Frederik Thymark/videnskab.dk
- Have researchers found a new spiral-arm in the Milky Way?
- Peter Laursen interviewed by Rasmus Fredsted/videnskab.dk)
- What keeps the solar system in place in the Milky Way?
- Peter Laursen interviewed by Christian Lindberg
- Understanding the Big Bang
- Johan Fynbo interviewed by Mikkel Vuorela/Dagbladet Information
2020
- Science & God (Johan Fynbo interviewed by Sally Frydenlund/Uniavisen)
- Kæmpe gåde er løst: Forskere finder kilden til mystisk radiosignal fra rummet (Johan Fynbo interviewed by Lise Brix/videnskab.dk)
- Mystiske radioglimt hjælper forskere med at finde universets manglende stof
(Johan Fynbo interviewed by Lise Brix/videnskab.dk) - The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 (Peter Laursen interviewed by Anne Reil-Gammelgaard/Dagbladet Information)
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 (Peter Laursen interviewed by Niklas Asp Nielsen/videnskab.dk)
- Nolan's "TENET": Time & entropy (Peter Laursen interviewed by Frederik Sonne/videnskab.dk)
- Article translated to Norwegian on forskning.no
2019
- Stars vs. grains of sand (Peter Laursen interviewed by Frederik Sonne/videnskab.dk)
- Article translated to Norwegian on forskning.no
- The very first moment (Marianne Nordahl/forskning.no)
2018
- Milky Way collision (Peter Laursen interviewed by Charlotte Price Persson/videnskab.dk)
- Mystiske radioglimt stammer fra ekstremt miljø i fjern galakse (Johan Fynbo interviewed by Lise Brix/videnskab.dk)
- Amatørastronom fanger sjældent lys fra supernova (Johan Fynbo interviewed by Anne Ringgaard/videnskab.dk)
- »Forbløffende« data fra stjerneeksplosion peger på fejl i teorier (Johan Fynbo interviewed by Charlotte Price Persson/videnskab.dk)
2017
- Vores stjernehimmel er den samme som aldrig før (Johan Fynbo, Dagbladet Kristeligt Dagblad)
- Det mørke stof er universets store gåde (Johan Fynbo, Dagbladet Kristeligt Dagblad)
- Selv lyset kan ikke undslippe de sorte huller (Johan Fynbo, Dagbladet Kristeligt Dagblad)
- Himmelske glimt driver gæk med forskerne (Johan Fynbo, Dagbladet Kristeligt Dagblad)
- Opstandelse om verdens begyndelse (Johan Fynbo, Dagbladet Kristeligt Dagblad)
- Vi lever i en kosmisk Oase (Johan Fynbo, Dagbladet Kristeligt Dagblad)
- Hvordan ender universet? (Johan Fynbo, Dagbladet Kristeligt Dagblad)
- Kommer livet fra himlen? (Johan Fynbo, Dagbladet Kristeligt Dagblad)
- Astrofysiker: Et nyt forskningsfelt er født (Johan Fynbo, Dagbladet Kristeligt Dagblad)
- March for Science - hvad er fakta? (Johan Fynbo i Podcast med Anja C. Andersen på videnskab.dk)
- Astronomer zoomer ind på mystiske radioglimt (Johan Fynbo interviewed by Henrik Bendix/videnskab.dk)
- Jubiii! Utroligt normal supernova observeret (Johan Fynbo interviewed by Charlotte Price Persson/videnskab.dk)
- Perseids and aligning planets (P4 Morgen Kbh; at 2:37:25)
- Perseids and aligning planets (P4 Morgen Nordjylland; at 1:41:20)
- Perseids and aligning planets (Julie Rahbek/P3 Nyheder; at 2:58:55)
- Three tips for spotting the Perseids and aligning planets (P4 Morgen Nordjylland; at 3:33:30)
- New study predicts that the Universe will collapse, and I'm mildly skeptical (Rose von Schüle/P1 Morgen)
- How was the stars created? Explanation for 3–13 year olds (Barbara Nielsen & Frederik Hjerrild/HULiGENNEM; at 25:35)
- How was the Sun formed? Explanation for 3–13 year olds (Barbara Nielsen & Sofus Laursen/HULiGENNEM; at 26:45)
- How can you travel in time? Explanation for 3–13 year olds (Barbara Nielsen & Sofus Laursen/HULiGENNEM; at 30:45)
- The power consumption of 40,000 concert guests waving their cell phone flashlights. (Julie Rahbek og Chano Jørgensen/Basker; ved 16:40)
- Exoplanet Gliese 12b (Mette Vibe Utzon/Radio4)
- Space boiled down — how to commmunicate astronomy (Thorkild Jacobsen/P2)
- The Euclid space telescope has been launched, and is on its way to join James Webb (Nicolai Dupont/Radio4; at 00:33:45)
- How does a mirror know what's behind the paper? (Martin Plauborg/P3; at 59:30)
- Are we living in a simulation? (Christian Fuhlendorff, Masoud Vahedi & Christian Frederiksen/Op af Kaninhullet; at 49:25)
- Winter solstice topic on darkness (Tony Scott & Amalie Bremer/Radio4; at 01:20:00)
- Record distant galaxy confirmed with James Webb (Nicolai Dupont/Radio4; at 00:19:35)
- Distance record-breaking galaxies with James Webb? (Nicolai Dupont/Radio4; at 01:15:03)
- James Webb's first images (Nicolai Dupont/Radio4; at 01:00:53)
- How do you discover galaxies? And how do you follow their evolution over millions of years?(Nicolai Dupont/Radio4; at 00:06:10)
- James Webb's instruments are finally ready, and the first scientific observations have been secuared (Nicolai Dupont/Radio4; at 01:01:55)
- James Webb has reached its target temperature, and all its mirrors are in place (Nicolai Dupont/Radio4; at 01:00:30)
- The "missing link" between galaxies and quasars (Thomas Schumann/Den Nye Rumalder; at 38:45)
- Astronomers found a bunch of "rogue" planets without stars (Camilla Boraghi & Mads Bjerregaard/Den Uafhængige; at 1:01:10)
- James Webb had its first light (Nicolai Dupont/Radio4)
- James Webb is home! (Kasper Harboe/Radio4)
- More on James Webb (Kasper Harboe/Radio4)
- What can go wrong for James Webb? (Astrid Date/Radio4)
- Discussion with an astral traveler (Anton Ringdal & Kristoffer Kristensen/Radio LOUD)
- Which question would I like answered the most (Tina Ipsen & Anders Høeg Nissen/RumSnak; at 4:12)
- A new spiral arm in the Milky Way? (Dagmar Eben Østergaard & Astrid Date/Radio 4; at 3:40)
- Astronomers predict supernova explosion in 2037 (Maria Dohn & Anders Bech-Jessen/P1 Morgen; at 1:16:37)
- Time (travel) & entropy in Nolan's TENET (Simon Schmidt & Svenne Lund Jensen/Radio 4)
- Autumn's night sky in Norway (Kari Slaatsveen/NRK P1)
- Exoplanet β Pictoris c (Kristoffer Lind/Radio 24syv)
- Stars vs. grains of sand (Elise Farestveit/NRK P1)
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