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James Webb Space Telescope finds never-before-seen changes in a planet-forming disk around a twin star

Ágnes Kóspál, scientific advisor

2026. january 12.

A Hungarian-led international research team has discovered that the birthplace of Tattoine-like planetary systems is undergoing unprecedented variability.

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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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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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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.

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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?

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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.