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Swiss team wins 10th edition of European Rover Challenge in Kraków

The Swiss FHNW Rover Team won the 10th edition of the European Rover Challenge, a competition for Mars rovers. Twenty four teams representing universities from all over the world participated in the competition in Kraków, in the so-called Marsyard - a space inspired by the Red Planet.

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    Polish space law expert receives Rosalind Franklin Society Award

    The director of the Centre for Space Studies at Poland’s Kozminski University has received the Rosalind Franklin Society 2023 Award for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of space law, the university reports.

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    Young Polish physicists win medal at international tournament

    Young Polish physicists took third place at the International Young Physicists' Tournament in Budapest.

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    Polish inventor wins European Inventor Award and Popular Choice Award

    Inventor Olga Malinkiewicz is the first Pole in history to win the European Inventor Award - a distinction awarded by the European Patent Office (EPO). At the ceremony in Valletta, Malta, she also received the Popular Choice Award.

  • Anna Szkobodzińska. Credit: Dariusz Piekut

    Polish graphic designer awarded in New York

    A graphics graduate from the Faculty of Architecture at the Białystok University of Technology, won the Student Prize category in the 'Alter Ego' competition organized in the United States.

  • The Milky Way above a viewpoint in Madeira. The photo is titled 'Stairway to the Milky Way'. The image was featured on May 29, 2024 by NASA as the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). Credit: Marcin Rosadziński.
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    Polish astrophotographer Marcin Rosadziński's second photo selected by NASA

    A photograph of what appears to be stairs leading to the Milky Way taken by Polish astrophotographer Marcin Rosadziński was published by the American space agency NASA as the Astronomy Picture of the Day. This is his second photo selected by NASA.

  • Kraków, 13.02.2024. Mars robot presented at a press conference at the AGH University of Science and Technology. Photo credit: PAP/Art Service
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    Kraków students win Mars rover competition in USA

    Kraków’s AGH Space Systems team won the international Mars rover competition - University Rover Challenge in the United States. The second Polish team - students of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology - took 13th place.

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    Heart-shaped breast cancer through Polish photographer's lens

    Małgorzata Lisowska captured her own cancer cells that form the shape of a heart in a microscopic photo. The photograph won 3rd place in the Nikon Small World competition. The artist, suffering from breast cancer, will sell the award-winning work and use the proceeds for further oncological treatment.

  • Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Photo PAP/CAF-ARCHIVE
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    120 years since first Nobel Prize for Maria Skłodowska-Curie

    One hundred and twenty years ago, Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her husband Piotr Curie received the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the phenomenon of radioactivity and research on it. The other half of the prize went to Henri Becquerel, who was the first to observe the penetrating radiation of uranium ore. Skłodowska was the first woman to be honoured in this way.

  • Kalman - the AGH Space Systems team's winning rover. Credit: European Rover Challenge

    Kraków students win European Rover Challenge

    The AGH Space System team from Kraków won the 9th edition of the Mars rover competition European Rover Challenge, which ended last week in Kielce. The next two places on the podium went to Swiss teams.

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