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Astronomers spot mysterious bow shock around dead ‘white dwarf’ star
An international team of astronomers has discovered an unexpected bow-shaped shock wave around a nearby binary system containing a dead star known as a white dwarf, a phenomenon that current theories cannot explain. The finding was announced by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
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Undersea observatory learns to identify cosmic signals from sea noise
KM3NeT, a vast undersea network of thousands of light sensors in the Mediterranean Sea, is learning to distinguish rare neutrino signals from natural background flashes in real time, according to a study published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A.
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Poland expands satellite programme as launches and capabilities increase
Poland is launching increasingly advanced satellites as a result of decades of building space expertise, cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), supportive government decisions and growing private investment, according to Tomasz Barciński, PhD, of the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS).
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Astronomers find proof of rogue planets
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from Poland, has discovered a free-floating, or rogue, planet and precisely measured its mass for the first time, providing direct proof that such objects exist, according to a study reported by the journal Science.
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Redwire Polska to supply docking systems for TEC’s Nyx spacecraft
American aerospace manufacturer Redwire Corporation and Europe’s aerospace company The Exploration Company (TEC) have signed a contract to supply two docking systems for the Nyx spacecraft, with Redwire’s Polish branch participating in the project.
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NASA’s IMAP records first space data - Polish GLOWS instrument confirmed operational
All 10 instruments aboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) have successfully recorded their first measurements in space, NASA has announced, marking the start of preliminary scientific data collection as the spacecraft travels toward the Sun.
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Asteroid named after Polish astronomer
Another asteroid has joined the list of “Polish” objects in space, now officially named Wolszczan after Polish astronomer Aleksander Wolszczan, who discovered the first extrasolar planets.
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European Space Agency launches ASCEND programme to advance digital twins for satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a new project called the ASCEND programme to create accurate digital copies of space technology components, with a Polish company providing participating enterprises free access to technologies enabling the development of “digital twins.”
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Polish researchers join international project to map lunar surface
The European Space Agency has selected the Máni lunar mission, with Polish participation, for the next phase of its Small Lunar Missions programme.
