Supernovae explosions are among the most energetic events on the sky. Thermonuclear supernovae are predicted to totally … more Black hole formation in supernova explosion»
A star passing close enough to the supermassive black hole is disrupted by tidal forces, and … more Elliptical accretion disk as a model for tidal disruption events: A Jerusalem bagel from Beijing»
A team of scientists led by astronomer, Prof. Grzegorz Pietrzyński, has won the most prestigious grant … more ERC Synergy grant for prof. Pietrzyński from CAMK PAN»
The event horizon is a unique feature of black holes. However, for a fundamental reason it … more Reflection-asymmetric wormholes and their double shadows»
The proposal to include the Einstein Telescope, a pioneering third-generation gravitational-wave (GW) observatory, in the 2021 … more Poland among the founding countries of the Einstein Telescope project consortium»
Virgo and LIGO have announced the detection of an extraordinarily massive merging binary system: two black … more Virgo and LIGO unveil new and unexpected black hole populations»
The stars with the initial mass range of about 1-8 Mo lose most of … more Validating post-AGB candidates in the LMC and SMC using SALT spectra»
Ultraluminous X-ray source (ULXs) are exciting objects basically observed only by X-ray satellites. Question whether they contain … more An extreme Ultraluminous X-ray source X-1 in NGC 5055»
Classical Cepheids have served as a fundamental tool for the calibration of the cosmic distance scale … more The most precise period-luminosity relations for Milky Way Cepheids»
Another unprecedented discovery has just been unveiled by LIGO-Virgo scientists (there are astronomers from CAMK PAN … more GW190814 - the merger of a 23-solar-mass black-hole and an enigmatic lighter object»