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Inside the Cosmic Dust Trap: ALMA Unveils Secrets of Potential Planet Nursery around Young Star
Inside the Cosmic Dust Trap: ALMA Unveils Secrets of Potential Planet Nursery around Young Star
Ágnes Kóspál, scientific advisor
2026. august 18.
An international team of Chinese and Hungarian astronomers has unveiled detailed new observations of a protoplanetary disk around the star HD 34282.
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A glimpse into a system formed by the collision of three galaxies
A glimpse into a system formed by the collision of three galaxies
Sandor Frey, senior research fellow
2026. july 20.
Archival observations from international radio telescope arrays have revealed compelling evidence for a hidden black hole in the luminous infrared galaxy UGC 2369S.
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Radio outburst of a nearby black hole could help us better understand the early Universe
Radio outburst of a nearby black hole could help us better understand the early Universe
Sandor Frey, senior research fellow
2026. july 07.
A supermassive black hole at the centre of an active galactic nucleus in our cosmic “neighborhood” is growing at an exceptionally rapid rate while producing a radio outburst unlike anything previously observed.
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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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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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A Hungarian-led Team of Astronomers Discover Rare Gas-Rich Debris Disks Around Young Stars
A Hungarian-led Team of Astronomers Discover Rare Gas-Rich Debris Disks Around Young Stars
Attila Moór, senior research fellow
2025. october 27.
An international team of astronomers, led by researchers at the Konkoly Observatory of the HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, has announced the discovery of carbon monoxide (CO) gas in five debris disks...
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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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