On 5 August 2026, the HYADES Space Telescope was included in the Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructures (PMIB) – Poland’s official national roadmap identifying major research facilities, laboratories and systems of strategic importance to the development of Polish science. HYADES is listed as a national research infrastructure led by the […]
Four members of the HYADES team will begin their doctoral studies at Jagiellonian University in October. In this year’s admissions cycle, three of our colleagues were accepted into the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences in the field of astronomy, and one person will begin a doctoral program in […]
On 2 August 2026 Szymon Ryszkowski gave a presentation titled “Tracing Water in Comets: Modeling OH, H, and Deuterium in the Hydrogen and Deuterium Survey Mission” at the International Conference of Physics Students (ICPS) in Rabat, Morocco. ICPS is an international conference for physics students organized annually by the International […]
On 30 June 2026, Mikołaj Sabat gave a public lecture entitled “Did Comets and Asteroids Bring Water to Earth?” as part of the International Asteroid Day pop-science event at the Jagiellonian University. The talk offered a broad and accessible overview of what we currently know about the origin of Earth’s […]
On 2 June 2026, Mikołaj Sabat was a special guest at the opening of the fourth edition of the international art-and-science project SPACE ART, held at Jaga Hupało Space of Creation in Warsaw. In conversation with Katarzyna Korus, he spoke about the scientific goals of HYADES, the mission’s distinctive character, […]
On November 21, we visited the Copernicus Festival: Campus. In four thematic zones, visitors could immerse themselves in both the microscopic structures of matter and questions about the future of space exploration. Representatives of HYADES were also among the panelists. Tomasz Kawalec led a practical workshop entitled “Listening to Satellites” […]
On November 5, 2025, the SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre was visited by Dr. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, ESA astronaut, as part of the nationwide IGNIS mission tour. The visit took place during an ongoing SOLARIS experimental session focused on the characterization of a prototype absorption filter developed within the HYADES project. […]
Rector of the Jagiellonian University announces a selection procedure for the position of a Senior Physicist Group of employees: Technical and engineering staff JU organisational unit: Department of Stellar and Extragalactic Astronomy Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Observatory Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science Number of posts: 1 Type of […]
Rector of the Jagiellonian University announces a selection procedure for the position of a Senior Astronomer Group of employees: Technical and engineering staff JU organisational unit: Department of Stellar and Extragalactic Astronomy Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Observatory Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science Number of posts: 4 Type of employment: […]
Rector of the Jagiellonian University announces a selection procedure for the position of an University Professor Group of employees: Research staff JU organisational unit: Department of Photonics Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science Field of science: Natural sciences Discipline: Physical sciences Scope: Experimental […]