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USA/ Polish company involved in successful mission of launching satellites in innovative space program
Polish small satellites manufactured by SatRevolution took part in a successful mission of launching satellites in Virgin Orbit's innovative space program, the American company reports.
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Don’t look up? Asteroid hunter talks to PAP about dangers of asteroids hitting Earth
Around 1,500 asteroids approach Earth every year, says Lublin asteroid hunter Dr. Kacper Wierzchoś.
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Scientists use quasars to probe new method of determining distances in Universe
An international group of scientists, with the participation of Professor Marek Biesiada from the National Centre for Nuclear Research, proposes using quasars to determine the distance to celestial bodies. The method could be applied to objects, whose image reaches us after even 13 billion years.
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Telescope in Lake Baikal detects signal from blazar radio burst
The Baikal-GVD telescope located in the waters of Lake Baikal in Siberia recorded an interaction event that probably comes from a very high energy neutrino. The direction of its origin is consistent with the location of the blazar PKS 0735+17, which means that its possible source is known, the Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS reports.
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Polish astronomers 'weigh' invisible object in space
Warsaw astronomers have determined the mass of an invisible object using gravitational microlensing.
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Poland will benefit from NASA’s Artemis program, says head of Polish space Agency
In October, the Polish Space Agency signed the Artemis Accords declaration. It is expected to open the way for Poland to participate in NASA programs, especially those related to the exploration of the Moon, Mars and other astronomical objects of the Solar System. Design work is already underway, for example on the lunar orbit space station Gateway.
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Scientists to develop ‘dark side of the Moon’ navigation system
An international consortium of scientists are working on the design of a new navigation system to be used in future missions to the Moon.
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Astronomers discover black hole in star cluster outside our galaxy
Astronomers have detected a small black hole in a star cluster in one of the galaxies outside the Milky Way. In their research, they used the VLT telescope operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) as well as data from the Polish OGLE project conducted by the University of Warsaw.
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Head of Polish Space Agency says he plans to send Polish equipment to the Moon soon
Poland says it is planning to send equipment to the moon ‘in the near future’ after signing an agreement with NASA.
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