Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics

The Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP) conducts fundamental research in mathematics, astrophysics, and high energy physics with a focus on interdisciplinary topics. The renowned research is mostly performed within national and international collaborations.

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Researcher discovers mysterious signals within our Milky Way

24 September 2026 Research news item

Our Milky Way is home to many undiscovered sources of radio bursts. This is the finding of a PhD study by astronomer Leon Houben at Radboud University.

Postdoc positions in entropy, chaos, and irreversibility

20 September 2026 News item

The Radboud Center for Natural Philosophy (RCNP) is seeking three postdoctoral researchers to explore fundamental questions concerning entropy, chaos, and irreversibility.

‘Every part of us was already there at the time of the Big Bang’

11 September 2026 Research news item

The probability that we would never have existed is far greater than the probability that we do exist, argues astrophysicist Heino Falcke in his new book 'Tussen Oerknal en Apocalyps' (in Dutch and German).