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Astronomers Create First Detailed Map of the “Flying Saucer” Disk, Revealing Building Blocks of New Planets
Astronomers Create First Detailed Map of the “Flying Saucer” Disk, Revealing Building Blocks of New Planets
Ágnes Kóspál
2025. december 09.
An international research team including Ágnes Kóspál from Konkoly Observatory has created the first detailed map of the molecular layers within a planet-forming disk – the flattened cloud of gas and dust surrounding a young star, where planets are born.
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The 1-meter RCC telescope at the Piszkéstető Mountain Station turned 50 - astronomers celebrated the occasion with a conference
The 1-meter RCC telescope at the Piszkéstető Mountain Station turned 50 - astronomers celebrated the occasion with a conference
Réka Könyves-Tóth, Bálint Seli
2025. december 09.
The Ritchey-Chrétien-Coudé (RCC) telescope at the Piszkéstető Mountain Station, with a 102 cm primary mirror and an effective focal length of 13.5 meters, is currently the largest telescope in Hungary.
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Mauve Satellite Launched — A New Window Opens onto Stellar Activity and Habitable Worlds
Mauve Satellite Launched — A New Window Opens onto Stellar Activity and Habitable Worlds
Krisztián Vida
2025. november 29.
The Mauve small satellite has been recently successfully launched and will study the activity of stars across the Milky Way. Hungarian space-industry partners played a key role in building the spacecraft, while Hungarian astronomers will be deeply involve
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What’s up in radio? — The first detection of a coronal mass ejection from Another Star
What’s up in radio? — The first detection of a coronal mass ejection from Another Star
Krisztián Vida
2025. november 17.
Researchers have for the first time identified possible radio signatures of a coronal mass ejection (CME) originating from another star with the LOFAR array, helping us to understand the interaction between stellar activity and exoplanetary environments.
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Hungarian Astronomers Assembled
Hungarian Astronomers Assembled
HUN-REN CSFK
2025. october 05.
More than a hundred astronomers and astrophysicists gathered at the Assembly of Hungarian Astronomers, held at the Academy headquarters, for a one-day conference.
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Gemini Observatory confirms predictions made by Konkoly researchers on the existence of Betelgeuse's companion star
Gemini Observatory confirms predictions made by Konkoly researchers on the existence of Betelgeuse's companion star
CSFK
2025. july 29.
Our researchers predicted last year that a companion star might be orbiting the red supergiant. After several attempts to detect it, an independent research team has now succeeded in observing the celestial body using direct imaging.
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János Kelemen (1951–2025)
János Kelemen (1951–2025)
Szabó Róbert
2025. july 20.
János Kelemen, astronomer, our former colleague passed away in early July.
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LSST First Look Images
LSST First Look Images
Szabó Róbert
2025. july 12.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory features the world's largest camera and will continuously monitor the southern sky for ten years, capturing colour, time-lapse movie of any changes. Researchers from our Institute are also involved in the sky survey.
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