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Greek children swept the medals at the 2nd Astronomy – Astrophysics Olympiad

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The natural disaster that struck Thessaly and Volos last September, fortunately, did not affect the 2nd International Youth Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad, which took place in the capital of Magnesia from 24 to 30 September, at the Cultural Centre of Nea Ionia. As the announcement...
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Research Director of the French Institute of Astrophysics

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Nikos Prantzos, an astrophysicist specializing in nuclear astrophysics, astronomy and galactic evolution, is the Director of Research of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) of France and the Institute of Astrophysics in Paris. He graduated from the First High School of Volos in 1974...
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At the 12th International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympics

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The Greek mission won two bronze medals at the 12th International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympics in Beijing in early November. The medals were conquered by Themis Poultourtzidis (1st Lyceum of Kilkis) and Angeliki Bania (1st Lyceum of Nafpaktos). Moreover, students Christos Kakoyiannis (Hellenic College), Argyris...
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Unlocks the secrets of the Universe

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[:el] Vicky Kalogera is director of Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) and the Erastus O. Haven Professor of Physics and Astronomy in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on the physics of compact astrophysical objects, specifically...
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Captured black hole as it eats passing star

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[:el] Dimitrios Giannios is a professor of Physics and Astronomy at Purdue University. He was part of a team that discovered a black hole absorbing a star in a distant galaxy. D. Giannios completed his B.Sc. at the University of Patras in Greece in 2000....
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Researcher of the American Aeronautics and Space Agency

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[:el] Erricos Constantinos Pavlis is a Research Associate Scientist at the University of Maryland – Baltimore County (UMBC). E. Pavlis was born in Greece. He completed his diploma in the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens in Greece...
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Detected Super-Earth atmosphere for the first time

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[:el] For the first time astronomers were able to analyse the atmosphere of an exoplanet in the class known as super-Earths. Using data gathered with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and new analysis techniques, the exoplanet 55 Cancri e is revealed to have a dry...
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The “father” of time

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[:el] Demetrios Matsakis is the Head of the Department of Time Services in the United State’s Naval Observatory since 1997. He was born in Missouri, USA and comes from the greek island of Carpathos. His father, Nikos was a dentist, who during the Second World War,...
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Greek detects Jupiter-like storm on small, cool star

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[:el] Astronomers, led by a Greek researcher, have discovered what appears to be a tiny star with a giant, cloudy storm, using data from NASA’s Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes. The dark storm is akin to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: a persistent, raging storm larger...

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