Poznań-Warsaw team points to a plausible home system of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
A team of astronomers: Piotr A. Dybczyński (UAM), Małgorzata Królikowska (CBK PAN) and Rita Wysoczańska (UAM) have published recently a preprint (https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.10952) in which they propose a double star Kruger 60 as a possible home system for an interstellar comet … Continued
Astronomical Observatory Institute in the „EUROPLANET 2024 Research Infrastructure” project financed within the H2020 programme
Astronomical Observatory Institute, together with 56 other leading research and industrial partners, received funding for a four year project devoted to the creation of the interdisciplinary platform for planetary systems studies. Research will be carried out within the Horizon 2020 … Continued
Magdalena Otulakowska-Hypka is the laureate of the SONATINA 3 NCN grant
The National Science Center awarded the SONATINA 3 grant to Dr. Otulakowska-Hypka to study symbiotic stars with the use of optical interferometry. Optical interferometry combines the light observed by several telescopes that simultaneously observe the same astronomical object. This method … Continued
Michał Michałowski – laureate of the Research Award of the City of Poznań
Michał Michałowski (AOI) was given the Research Award of the City of Poznań. This annual award is for outstanding research achievements, important for the City of Poznań. Michał Michałowski was given the award on 29th of June during the ceremony … Continued
Scholarships for students within National Science Center SONATA BIS project
Astronomical Observatory Institute, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań is seeking students of astronomy and a partially-funded PhD student to work within the project SONATA BIS funded by the National Science Centre led by dr. hab. Michał Michałowski. Details can be found here about the student and PhD funding.