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Action! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Begins Capturing the Greatest Cosmic Movie Ever Made
Action! NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Begins Capturing the Greatest Cosmic Movie Ever Made
2026. june 30.
The 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time has officially started, marking the beginning of a new era in astronomy and astrophysics
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Quasars as cosmic rulers
Quasars as cosmic rulers
Sandor Frey, senior research fellow
2026. june 29.
A classical cosmological test has been revisited using a much larger dataset to probe the geometry of the Universe.
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ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart
ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart
Euclid Consortium
2026. june 24.
The largest and most detailed photo ever made of our Milky Way galaxy’s centre in visible light is revealed today by the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission.
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This is how a giant galaxy formed more than 12 billion years ago
This is how a giant galaxy formed more than 12 billion years ago
Sandor Frey, senior research fellow
2026. june 18.
An international team of researchers – including Hungarian scientists – has examined the internal structure of an extremely distant radio galaxy in unprecedented detail.
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International Conference on the Eruptive Phases of Young Stars at the HUN-REN CSFK Konkoly Observatory
International Conference on the Eruptive Phases of Young Stars at the HUN-REN CSFK Konkoly Observatory
Péter Ábrahám, research advisor
2026. june 09.
At the invitation of the HUN-REN CSFK Konkoly Space Astronomy, Planet and Star Formation Research Group, scientists studying the dynamic phases of star formation came to Budapest
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Standing in support with the Director General of the research centre
Standing in support with the Director General of the research centre
2026. april 27.
We support efforts aimed at rethinking the operation of the research network, giving greater weight to professional considerations, and making decisions based on the involvement of the research community.
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Euclid Space Warps – help us hunt for galaxy-galaxy lenses
Euclid Space Warps – help us hunt for galaxy-galaxy lenses
András Kovács, Lendület team leader
2026. april 21.
With the launch of Space Warps, a new citizen science project on the Zooniverse platform, you can now join in the search to find rare and elusive strong gravitational lenses
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Asteroids named after two emeritus astronomer colleagues
Asteroids named after two emeritus astronomer colleagues
Róbert Szabó, director
2026. january 21.
At the end of September, the International Astronomical Union officially approved the naming of two asteroids after our two emeritus colleagues, Mária Kun and Géza Kovács.
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