Major steps have been taken to build the Einstein Telescope in the border area between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. This became clear during the fourth ministerial summit on this project last week. The Flemish government has already reserved 200…
A scientific project is on the threshold of a breakthrough in the border region of southern Limburg. The Einstein Telescope, a hypersensitive detector for gravitational waves, is being planned at 250 to 300 meters underground. The device is named after…
Two Dutch consortia, led by Lionite and Onnes Technologies, have each been awarded €1.375 million to develop advanced vibration damping technologies for the Einstein Telescope. The SENVIDET consortium, headed by Lionite, aims to create ultra-sensitive acceleration sensors, while the ICVI…
A consortium, including the University of Twente (UT), will develop a cooling system for the Einstein Telescope (ET). The ET is a planned advance observatory that will measure gravitational waves and might be built in the south of the Netherlands.…
Flemish minister Jo Brouns has announced 21 million euros for companies and research institutes to develop technologies for the Einstein Telescope. This will be the most advanced observatory for gravitational waves in Europe. In an interview with Belgian newspaper Het…
It will be the most advanced observatory for gravitational waves in Europe: the Einstein Telescope (ET). Limburg is in the race for potential site. Meanwhile, the regional development companies and partners with LIOF in the lead are encouraging the development…
The Einstein Telescope (ET) is a groundbreaking future gravitational waves observatory. ET aims to significantly surpass current detectors, capable of detecting up to one million events per year. The final decision on where it will be constructed is expected by…
The Einstein Telescope (ET) project might be split into two parts, one built in the south of the Netherlands and one in Sardinia, Italy. As researchers are primarily focusing on constructing a single site, they are also considering dividing the…
The Netherlands is allocating 42 million euros from the National Growth Fund for the Einstein Telescope. Another 870 million euros is being set aside for Dutch input into the construction of the project. When the telescope is finished, it will…
Researchers at Optica (Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide) have developed a new way to produce and shape large, high-quality mirrors for telescopes deployed in space. Not only are they much thinner than the ones that were previously used, they are…