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The first confirmed extrasolar planets were found by Alex Wolszczan and Dale A. Frail (1992). They … more Auroras on Planets around Pulsars»
Exactly 10 years ago, on 21 November 2013, the first Polish astronomical scientific satellite named "BRITE-Lem", … more BRITE-Lem: 10 years in space»
Direct detections of gravitational waves have become a powerful new tool of multi-messenger astrophysics. Apart from … more Astrophysics with continuous gravitational waves»
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H.E.S.S. observatory records 20 TeV photons from the Vela pulsar Scientists using the H.E.S.S. observatory in … more Scientists discover the highest energy gamma rays from a pulsar»
Fig. 1 The elusive intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) may represent the missing link between stellar … more Dragon II - simulations with up to 1 milion stars»
The H.E.S.S. Observatory has been featured on NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" website. Every … more The H.E.S.S. Observatory featured on NASA's website.»
The Milky Way, our home galaxy, has had a pretty interesting past. It has grown over … more History of the old stellar populations of the Milky Way»