astronomie

Since ancient times, solar eclipses have inspired our ancestors with wild ideas about what is actually happening in the sky. The Chinese, for example...

On Saturday 29 March 2025 there will be a solar eclipse observable from central Europe. It will only be partial, but will be accompanied by very favourable viewing conditions. ...

Since time immemorial, large bonfires have been lit in elevated places on the night of 30 April to 1 May as a ...

The new high-resolution spectrograph PLATOSpec successfully saw its "first light" on 26 November 2024. After nearly two years of construction, the instrument is ready ...

A Czech team of astrophysicists from the Academy of Sciences has achieved a major breakthrough in understanding the behaviour of black holes. The scientists, in an international collaboration, have published two studies that provide ...

The November round of the "Czech Astrophotography of the Month" competition was again won by the image of comet Tschuchinshan-ATLAS. After all, after several years it was again a bright comet that enriched ...

The launch time for the Proba-3 technology mission is approaching. The European Space Agency has confirmed a launch on December 4, 2024. The two-satellite constellation will be carried by India's PSLV-XL rocket ...

New research by Professor Civiš's team at the Jaroslav Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry reveals a possible source of water on Earth. It may have originated on the surface of meteorites...

A team of scientists led by astronomer Ján Šubjak from the Stellar Division of the Astronomical Institute of the CAS and the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution ...

From 11 to 15 November 2024, Prague will host an international meeting of experts in the field of X-ray ...