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It’s The Debrief Christmas Special 2020!

Christophe Petit Tesson/PAP/EPA/Jan Skowron/Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw/Press materials

It’s that time of year again for The Debrief Christmas Special! Hosted by John Beauchamp with guest Ed Wight, Managing Editor of The First News.

European Research Council grants Polish astronomers almost EUR 14 mln

Polish astronomers will receive almost EUR 14 million in a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for astronomical research and to build a telescope in Chile, the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) has announced.

Astronomers discover smallest rogue planet in the galaxy

To locate the free-floating planet, a team of international astronomers led by those from the University of Warsaw’s OGLE team at the Astronomical Observatory used an astronomical phenomenon called gravitational microlensing.

Monster black hole discovered after scientists observe two smaller black holes colliding 7 billion years ago

The two so-called GW190521 black holes, one 66 times the mass of the Sun, the other 85 times the mass, merged to form the new massive black hole, the first time such large black holes have been observed either by gravity or by electromagnetic observations.

Making the cut: Olsztyn Planetarium becomes listed building

The 47-year-old building is the first modernist building in the city to receive official protection.

Twinkle, twinkle little star: Polish satellites on the scene when a nova is born

The information from the satellites could help scientists understand how elements are spread across the galaxy.

New type of pulsating ‘tear drop’ star found 1,500 light years from earth

Discovered by an international team led by the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre in Warsaw, the star named HD74423 is estimated to be 1.7 times the mass of the sun.

Fly me TWO the moon! Earth’s moon no longer ‘standing alone’ after astronomers spot mini-moon orbiting the planet

The object called 2020 CD3 and measuring just a few metres in diameter, entered Earth's orbit about three years ago. The ‘mini-moon’ circles the Earth every 47 days but is slipping from Earth’s gravitational pull and in few months will leave us.

Hole hunters: astronomers use pioneering technique to probe the blackness of space for elusive black holes

The technique, which has already unearthed stars, allows scientists to see what is invisible.

Astronomers find ‘impossibly huge’ black hole with a mass 70 times GREATER than the sun

The newly-discovered black hole, which researchers have called LB-1, is located 15,000 light-years from Earth and so far scientists have only known of black holes with masses below 50 times that of the sun.

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Rzeszów monk sets up music school in war-torn African state to teach child soldiers to take up music instead of weapons

Capuchin monk Brother Benedykt Pączka decided to offer children an alternative to being child soldiers and try to sow the seeds of future peace in the country by teaching them to prefer a guitar over a Kalashnikov.

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