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.

Queloz

On 10 May, our Institute hosted the Swiss astronomer-astrophysicist Didier Queloz at the Hungarian Astronomy and Earth Sciences Research Centre. His visit was a historic landmark.

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Changes to the research assistant program of the observatory

Konkoly Observatory

2024. september 16.

We are changing the timetable for our highly successful program, including the next call for applications. Applications for the next round will be open by the end of the year and interviews will take place in January.

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The Evolution of the Trappist-1 Planetary System

2024. september 04.

New work suggests how the seven exoplanets that make up the Trappist-1 system came to have their present configuration.

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Visit to the Admatis Ltd

Szabó Róbert

2024. july 23.

On 8 July 2024, researchers from our Institute visited Admatis Ltd in Miskolc. The company manufactures components - both flying and ground support - for the European Space Agency's Ariel space telescope designed to investigate exoplanetary atmospheres.

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ESA's Euclid celebrates first science with sparkling cosmic views

ESA

2024. may 23.

2024.05.23. - Today, ESA’s Euclid space mission releases five unprecedented new views of the Universe.

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Iván Almár chosen to be a member of astronautics Hall of Fame

CSFK

2024. april 24.

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is the world's largest international space research organisation.

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Sleeping giant surprises Gaia scientists

CSFK

2024. april 22.

Wading through the wealth of data from ESA’s Gaia mission, scientists found a massive, dormant black hole. With a mass of nearly 33 times that of the Sun, this is the largest black hole of stellar origin known so far within the Milky Way.

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