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Scientists Develop New Method to Search for Gravitational Waves
An international team of scientists has put forward a new method of searching for gravitational waves emitted by Core-Collapse Supernova (CCSN) explosions.
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Astronomers Find Pulsating ‘Tear Drop’ Star 1,500 Light Years From Earth
A new type of pulsating star in the shape of a ‘tear drop’ has been discovered by an international team off scientists led by researchers from the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center PAS in Warsaw.
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The good, the clever and the awesome! Contemporary Polish Scientists, Inventors and their Research
On February 19 (the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus) Poland celebrates a new holiday, Polish Science Day in recognition of the achievements of Polish scientists. Here is our list of highlights over the last few years.
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SPICE: Invisible Colours of the Sun
A unique instrument aboard the Solar Orbiter probe launched on February 10 is the SPICE spectrometer: an instrument for measuring spectrum in the extreme ultraviolet range. Dr. Andrzej Fludra, head of the spectrometer consortium, told PAP about its capabilities.
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Successful Launch of ESA and NASA`s Solar Mission
The American rocket Atlas V 411, with the European Solar Orbiter probe intended for solar research launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida (USA). Information from the mission will be available to scientists around the world.
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STIX X-ray Telescope: Polish Contribution to Solar Orbiter Mission
One of the six remote sensing instruments used in ESA and NASA mission to the Sun is the X-ray spectrometer/telescope STIX, in the construction of which Polish scientists participated. It will be used to study solar flares.
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University of Warsaw Astronomers Reveal Method for Hunting Black Holes
For now, only a few dozen black holes have been found in our galaxy, although there are probably hundreds of millions of them out here. As part of the space mission Gaia, Polish astronomers have now revealed the secrets hidden by a pair of invisible stars and proved that they had a good method of looking for black holes in the Milky Way.
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Star Track: Polish Telescopes Help Track Space Junk
The Polish Space Agency is helping to keep space safe by tracking interstellar junk with robotic telescopes.
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Second planet dubbed a super-Earth might orbit Sun’s closest star, say scientists
The closest star to the Sun may host a second planet.
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