Maria Lugaro becomes member of the Academy

A historic moment: for the first time in its 200 years of existence, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has elected a woman astronomer as one of its members.

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Csilla Kalup among the Forbes 30/30

Our graduate student researcher has been included in the 2025 edition of Forbes magazine's 30 successful Hungarians under 30 list.

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EUCLID's new images are out

ESA's Euclid celebrates first science with sparkling cosmic views

Hungarian astronomers the most succesful in Europe

Relative to financial conributions to ESA.

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Asteroid impact

Our colleague, Krisztián Sárneczky, has discovered his third asteroid to hit Earth. The tiny object was destroyed in the atmosphere.

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Prima Primissima

László L. Kiss, physicist, astronomer and Director General of the CSFK won the 2023 Prima Primissima Award in the Hungarian Science category. Congratulations!

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Gaia FPR

ESA's Gaia mission released a goldmine of knowledge about our galaxy and beyond, with the active involvement of eight researchers from the Observatory.

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Great success for our students at the 2025 OTDK

CSFK

2025. may 17.

The success of the observatory's research assistant program is reflected in the 12 awards in the Physics section of the OTDK, several of which were won by Bachelor students. The Science Faculty of ELTE also awarded prizes to our students.

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Konkoly researcher among the Forbes 30/30

2025. february 28.

Our graduate student researcher, Csilla Kalup, has been included in the 2025 edition of Forbes magazine's 30 successful Hungarians under 30 list.

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Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring

Kovács András, Tudományos munkatárs

2025. february 10.

Euclid, the European Space Agency’s dark Universe detective, has made an astonishing discovery – right in our cosmic backyard.

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Starspot activity of the red giant XX Trianguli indicate non-periodic, chaotic dynamo

CSFK

2024. december 04.

Spectacular movie showing 16 years of starspot evolution.

#New Discovery

Nuclear physicists and astrophysicists have measured the time scale of the Sun's birth

2024. november 14.

Have you ever wondered how long it took for our Sun to form within its stellar nursery?

#New Discovery

Betelgeuse and Betelbuddy? Red supergiant in Orion likely has a stellar companion

CSFK / Jane Beaufore

2024. october 21.

New results from HUN-REN CSFK researchers and their US colleagues suggest that the six-year light variations of Betelgeuse may be caused by a previously unknown companion star.

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