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James Webb Space Telescope discovers that Chariklo’s invisible rings are changing

Csilla Kalup, Csaba Kiss

2026. september 09.

As part of an international team led by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC), Hungarian astronomers demonstrate for the first time that the two rings of this small Solar System body are changing in opposite directions.

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Euclid Space Telescope Shatters Cosmic Record: Discovery of the Two Most Distant Quasars Ever Observed

ESA

2026. july 06.

Today, the Euclid Consortium announces the discovery of 31 new quasars at redshifts between 6.6 and 7.8, including the two most distant quasars ever observed.

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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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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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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

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

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.