"Astronomy & Astrophysics” publishes the results of an international team of scientists with leading Bulgarian participation The Institute of Astronomy with the NAO-BAS has identified the study of magnetic activity in the red giant star RZ from the constellation Aries (RZ Ari) due to the engulfment of a planet as its most significant scientific achievement for 2024. The results obtained by the team with Bulgarian lead researcher Prof. Dr. Renada Konstantinova-Antova and four other Bulgarian scientists were published in the prestigious European journal "Astronomy & Astrophysics" 681, A36, 2024. In addition to the five Bulgarians, the team includes researchers from France, USA, Brazil and Chile. By investigating the causes of RZ Ari's magnetic activity, scientists found that this star evolved to the tip of the [...]

Bulgaria's first polar astronomical project will take place in 2024-2025. "Impact of solar activity on ionospheric dynamics and high-energy particle fluxes over Antarctica" is the title of the first Bulgarian polar astronomical research project which will be carried out in 2024-2025 on the territory of the Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island. The team of scientists from the Institute of Astronomy with NAO at BAS, the Technical University - Sofia and the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy which will work on its implementation is headed by Associate Professor Dr. Kamen Kozarev. The research project has been approved in the competition for funding of polar research of the National Centre for Polar Studies at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”. Research on the Sun and solar activity is [...]

The European Commission approved the establishment of LOFAR ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium), in which Bulgaria is a full founding member. The main task of LOFAR ERIC is to provide the European astronomical community with a coordinated exploitation of LOFAR (Low Frequency Array), the world's largest radio telescope at low frequencies below 250 MHz. The LOFAR ERIC aims to position LOFAR as a world-leading research infrastructure that will, in the long term, maintain global leadership positions in radio astronomy. LOFAR is an extremely versatile modern radio telescope that can be used to observe the most ancient stars and galaxies as well as our Sun and the dynamics of the Earth's ionosphere. In essence, it is a pan-European infrastructure for low-frequency radio astronomy observations with antenna [...]