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30.04.2026

New Simulations Shed Light On The Evolution of Globular Star Clusters

An international team of researchers, led by Dr Paolo Bianchini (CNRS, Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory) and including … more New Simulations Shed Light On The Evolution of Globular Star Clusters »

24.02.2026

The Mystery of the Star That Lost 97 Percent of Its Light in an Instant

ASASSN-24fw, monitored by the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae, underwent a rapid and deep dimming event … more The Mystery of the Star That Lost 97 Percent of Its Light in an Instant »

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Journal Club 01.06.2026
Renuka Pechetti: The chemo-dynamical complexity of ω Centauri: different kinematics for different populations

Wednesday Colloquium 03.06.2026
Samik Mitra: Gravitational wave emission from turbulent accretion disks around black holes

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20.05.2026

Konkurs na stanowisko dyrektora Centrum Astronomicznego im. Mikołaja Kopernika

Konkurs na stanowisko dyrektora Centrum Astronomicznego im. Mikołaja Kopernika PAN w Warszawie na 4-letnią kadencję … more Konkurs na stanowisko dyrektora Centrum Astronomicznego im. Mikołaja Kopernika »

13.05.2026

One post-doctoral position in observational astronomy

Applications are invited for 1 post-doctoral position at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the … more One post-doctoral position in observational astronomy »

20.04.2026

Summer Student Program 2026

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» Our recent papers on arXiv

arXiv:2605.27223[pdf, html]: GWTC-5.0: An Introduction to Version 5.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

Authors: The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration, A. G. Abac, A. Abe, I. Abouelfettouh, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, A. Adam, S. Adhicary, D. Adhikari, R. X. Adhikari, V. K. Adkins, S. Afroz, A. Agapito, D. Agarwal, M. Agathos, N. Aggarwal, S. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, I. -L. Ahrend, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, T. Akutsu, L. Albers, W. Ali, S. Al-Kershi, C. Allene, A. Allocca, S. Al-Shammari, J. A. Alvarez, S. Alvarez-Lopez, W. Amar, O. Amarasinghe, A. Amato, F. Amicucci, C. Amra, A. B. Anand, C. Anand, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, M. Andia, M. Ando, F. Andrade-Oliveira, M. Andrés-Carcasona, J. L. Andrey, T. Andrić, J. Anglin, J. Anna, et al. (and 1776 authors not shown)

Comments:This article supersedes the corresponding GWTC-4 article, arXiv:2508.18080
arXiv:2605.25190[pdf, html]: Kepler Discovery of GW Vir Pulsations of the Central Star of Planetary Nebula Kn 61

Authors:Paulina Sowicka, Gerald Handler, J. J. Hermes, Keaton J. Bell

Comments:Accepted for publication in ApJ
arXiv:2605.22921[pdf, html]: Magnetic field dynamics in isolated neutron stars with an external dipole field

Authors:Aurora Capobianco, William Cook, Sebastiano Bernuzzi, Brynmor Haskell, Jacob Fields

Comments:12 pages, 11 figures
arXiv:2605.21837[pdf, html]: The powerful shocks in RS Oph: NuSTAR X-ray data and a complete review

Authors:Marina Orio, Gerardo Juan M. Luna, Ehud Behar, Rebecca Diesing, Jay Gallagher, Joanna Mikolajewska, Jan-Uwe Ness

Comments:Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
arXiv:2605.24664[pdf, html]: The XRISM measurements of the black-hole spin in Cyg X-1 are highly model-dependent

Authors:Andrzej A. Zdziarski, Swadesh Chand, Michal Szanecki, Gulab Dewangan, Barbara De Marco

Comments:Submitted to ApJ, comments are welcome

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