Seeing Quadruple
Machine-learning methods lead to the discovery of rare “quadruply imaged quasars” that can help solve cosmological puzzles. With the help of machine-learning techniques, a team of astronomers has discovered a dozen quasars that have been warped by a naturally occurring … Continued
Competition for the position of Assistant Professor (adjunct) in the group of research – teaching employees at the Faculty of Physics – Astronomy
VICE-RECTOR THE HEAD OF THE DISCIPLINE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE OF THE ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY IN POZNAŃ ANNOUNCES THE COMPETITION for the position of Assistant Professor (adjunct) in the group of research-teaching employees at the Faculty of Physics Reference number: … Continued
GRB 190114C: the first investigation of the most energetic gamma radiation
An international team of astronomers, including Michał Michałowski from AOI, has for the first time seen the most energetic gamma radiation from a gamma-ray burst (GRB) 190114C, the explosion of a very massive star. The energy was in the so-called … Continued
Asteroid Hygiea a candidate for a dwarf planet?
Astronomers from the Astronomical Observatory Institute AMU, working in an international team, obtained a very detailed image of Hygiea – the fourth in size asteroid, revolving the Sun between orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It made it possible to derive … Continued
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