“Cosmic Whirlpool”: The Falcon 9 Rocket Deorbit Maneuver – phenomenon recorded on our AllSky7 camera set
On March 24, 2025, at around 9:00 PM, an extraordinary phenomenon known as the “cosmic whirlpool” was visible over Poznań (and beyond). Since July 2024, our Observatory has been equipped with a set of cameras that monitor the sky as … Continued
PhD stipend within the National Science Center OPUS project
Astronomical Observatory Institute, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań is seeking a PhD student for the project OPUS funded by the National Science Centre led by dr. hab. Michał Michałowski. Details can be found here.
“Advanced problems in modern astrophysics” – lectures for PhD students of AOI AMU
Prof. Oleksyi Golubov from Kharkiv University (Ukraine) will give a series of lectures for students and PhD students. They will be held Monday to Friday (24-28 Feb) from 10:00 to 12:30 in the conference room ‘Salonik’ of our Observatory. During … Continued
Postdoc position within the National Science Center OPUS project
Astronomical Observatory Institute, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań is seeking a postdoc for the project OPUS funded by the National Science Centre led by dr. hab. Michał Michałowski. Details can be found here.
Publication in Nature Communications: – Binary stars exploding as supernovae type Ic
Binary stars exploding as supernovae type Ic Astronomers from the Astronomical Observatory Institute of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) have solved the mystery of enigmatic cosmic explosions known as supernovae type Ic. During these very energetic explosions we … Continued