Observations of a hot cocoon around exploding supernova
Astronomers from Poznań, working in an international team, have observed a gamma-ray burst and an associated hot cocoon of gas. This allowed them for the first time to confirm the existence of such cocoons in supernova explosions. The observations were … Continued
Hungarian astronomers confirmed the existence of Kordylewski clouds
Born in Poznan polish astronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski was the first one who paid attention to the possibility of existence of the dust moons of the Earth. By the end of the 50-ties, he suggested that a densities of the interplanetary … Continued
Successful landing on asteroid Ryugu
On September 21, the small compact MINERVA-II1 rovers separated from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft (time of separation was 13:06 JST). The MINERVA-II1 consists of two rovers, Rover-1A and Rover-1B. It is confirmed that both rovers landed on the surface of asteroid … Continued
Large amounts of atomic gas in the environment of a supernova explosion
The team led by dr. hab. Michał Michałowski from the AOI AMU has discovered large amounts of atomic gas in the environment of an explosion of a relativistic supernova 2009bb type Ic. These supernovae explode when the most massive stars … Continued
Studies of the first interstellar object
One of our colleagues, prof. UAM Piotr A. Dybczyński, was invited to join an international team, which shall study 1I/’Oumuamua. This rocky body of hundreds of metres size is the first asteroid which came to us from the outside of … Continued