DAWN in the media

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:

2022

  • 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.

2021

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:


 

2020

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).


 

2019

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!


 

2018

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.

2022

  • Sort huller — kosmiske tyve
    • Johan Fynbo i 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.
  • Radio 4
    • Winter solstice theme: "Darkness"
  • Radio 4
    • Discovery of an object which might be the transition from a dusty galaxy to a quasar
  • Radio 4
    • James Webb's first light
  • Radio 4
    • On the recent claims of distance record-breaking galaxies
  • Radio 4
    • Webb's first images
  • Radio 4
    • Dusty galaxies
  • Radio 4
    • James Webb started its "real" scientific observations
  • Radio 4
    • James Webb's mirrors are in place, and it is fully cooled to 6 K
  • Radio 4
    • Rogue planets

2021

2020

2019

In addition to comments in interviews, we also sometimes write our own popular science articles.


2022

  • Himlen Set Fra Jorden
    • A beautiful book with astrophotos takes from Denmark. Consultancy by DAWN.
  • 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

2020

2019

2018

2017

James Webb Space Telescope

Astronomers find six distant – and mysteriously dead – galaxies (2021)

Astronomers observe the same supernova at three different  points in the sky – predictions say there will be a fourth sighting in 16 years. (2021)

Albert Sneppen, a 22 year old physics student solves a black-hole-mystery. (2021)