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Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University

Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science
Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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Can empty space store energy? The influence of standing gravitational waves on the shape of space-time.

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity has predicted the existence of gravitational waves for over a hundred years. However, their nonlinear nature still poses a problem for theorists today. One of the interesting theoretical questions in the theory of gravity is how the presence of gravitational waves affects the shape of spacetime itself.
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'Reaching beyond the limits of sight' – a milestone in the field of global radio astronomy!

The European journal Astronomy & Astrophysics has just published an article describing the largest and most detailed radio survey of the sky. Among the researchers (from the Netherlands, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Ireland, Latvia and Bulgaria) involved in this globally unique project are also astronomers from Poland!
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