SRON and CNES have signed a Letter of Intent to strengthen collaboration in earth observation, astrophysics, planetology and space instrumentation. The signing took place in Toulouse during the Dutch King and Queen’s visit, within the Dutch-French Economic Year.

SRON has joined forces with the World Bank’s Global Flaring and Methane Reduction (GFMR) Partnership. With satellite observations, we will detect methane emissions from unlit flare installations in the oil & gas sector, providing actionable data to support emission reductions.

SRON researchers Steven de Rooij & Pieter de Visser are building detectors that capture the colour of each photon from faint exoplanets. A little material “disorder” helps absorb more light — but too much leads to signal loss. A key step toward studying distant worlds.

Stay up to date with the latest in Dutch space science. Our newsletter brings you @SRON’s highlights straight to your inbox. 👉 Check out the autumn issue and sign up to receive future editions: app.hellodialog.com/ref/mail/onl... #newsletter #spaceresearch #spaceexploration

10 years ago today, LIGO detected the first gravitational waves - ripples in spacetime from two colliding black holes. Since then, 200+ events have been seen. Next up: LISA, the first space-based detector, with Dutch contributions led by SRON. 🚀

NEBULA – Xplorer enters its next phase! 32 students + partners are tackling challenges from mirror modules to satellite systems. With @inholland.bsky.social, the team is building a Structural Thermal Model - a key milestone. 🎙️ Hear more in the Space Cowboys podcast: www.bnr.nl/search?q=Spa...

Last night, ESA launched the MetOp-SG-A1 satellite. It carries the partly Dutch Sentinel-5 with SRON’s immersed grating, joining Sentinel-5p/TROPOMI to measure methane and carbon monoxide. Both flying in different orbits, they deliver twice the measurements.

Want to design a real space mission? At Alpbach Summer School, students tackle ambitious science within real mission limits. SRON sponsored 4 Dutch students for the 50th edition. Dutch BSc/MSc/PhD student? Check out Alpbach 2026!

For the first time, astronomers, including Elisa Costantini (SRON/UvA), have directly measured how much sulfur exists in gas and solid form in the interstellar medium. The result helps explain how gas clumps together to form stars and planets.

A Dutch consortium including SRON, TU Delft, NOVA, and Veldlaser has received funding to further develop PRIMA’s far- infrared detector. PRIMA is one of two finalists for NASA's next Probe mission. The team will advance SRON’s KID technology to space readiness (TRL-6).

The astronomical community at large can now play with present and future data of the X-ray observatory XRISM. XRISM is healthy and its data are rich, so we concluded at the very last XRISM consortium science meeting last week. Astronomers, make it's science shine.

We’ve officially kicked off the construction of #TANGO! Built by a Dutch consortium (ISISPACE, TNO, SRON, KNMI), this mission will detect CO₂ and methane emissions at source level, building on the legacy of #TROPOMI.

This afternoon we kick-off the construction of the ESA TANGO satellite, built by a Dutch consortium of SRON, ISISPACE, TNO KNMI. #TANGO will measure greenhouse gas emissions from individual sources such as power plants, landfills and factories. Check out the preview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2-J...

Yamila Miguel has won the Pastoor Schmeitsprijs for her groundbreaking theoretical work on rocky exoplanets with atmospheres. Her models help us imagine what alien worlds with molten oceans might really be like, and in 2024, humanity observed one for the first time. Congrats, Yamila!

We are incredibly proud that Prof. Ilse Aben has been awarded the NWO Stevin Prize! Her work provides governments and companies with tools to reduce #methane emissions from oil and gas fields, coal mines, and landfills. “I see this award as recognition for TROPOMI and everyone who contributed.”

🌍 Live from #LPS2025 in Vienna! SRON is well represented with key contributions: ☁️ Bastiaan on PACE & SPEXone data 🛰️ Ilse on TROPOMI & methane policy 🚀 Tobias on Europe’s CO emission estimates 🌱 Sander on the IM4CA project for methane action

Methane emissions from landfills are a major climate threat. In the #TWOS project, SRON, GlobalMethaneHub, GHGSat & partners use satellite data to support mitigation. First dataset now public via #WasteMAP. #LondonClimateWeek

We @sronspace.bsky.social are proud to deliver these data to CAMS, now integrated into the IMEO platform

A European team led by the Netherlands (Konstantinos Migkas, SRON, Universiteit Leiden) found a huge filament of hot gas linking four galaxy clusters. This warm-hot intergalactic medium spans 23 million light-years and may be the ‘missing normal matter’. Learn more: shorturl.at/HmnnS

Proudly launching our new brand identity! This modern identity marks the beginning of a new chapter for SRON as we continue our mission to advance space research and technology. A new brand identity also means a brand-new website! Check it out: www.sron.nl #newidentity #launchevent #sron

The Dutch TROPOMI space instrument creates daily global maps of amongst others carbon monoxide (CO) in the atmosphere. Researchers from SRON and TNO have now measured CO emissions over a full year from the 21 largest European steel plants. Read more: www.sron.nl/news/jaarlij...

The science consortium of ESA's future X-ray telescope #NewAthena has shared its mission goals in Nature Astronomy. NewAthena will be an ESA flagship #Xray observatory, offering major improvements in sensitivity, spectroscopy and survey capabilities. Read more: www.sron.nl/news/wetensc...