- Lucie Dospivová
- ustav
- 23.07.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
Physicists in Opava have discovered a supermassive black hole
Black holes are among the best known and least studied objects in the Universe. Their existence has already been proven, but their true nature is still a matter of research. The Institute of Physics in Opava is one of the world leaders in research on these exotic cosmic objects, and physicists are trying to learn as much as possible about black holes from observing the objects that they affect. The team, led by Prof. Abramowicz came up with the idea of considering black holes - which are not themselves visible - using specific radiation released in their vicinity. This allowed them to determine the mass of one of the heaviest black holes observed in the Universe so far.
- Lucie Dospivová
- ustav
- 22.06.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
Physicists in Opava are among the top leaders in black hole research
Physicists in Opava celebrate yet another success again. Their scientific works dealing with the research of the universe, especially the physics around the still mysterious black holes, are among the most cited in the world scientific community and regularly achieve the most respected high ratings. Scientists from the Institute of Physics in Opava are among the world's top researchers in the field of the structure and evolution of the universe, the physics of exotic cosmic objects or the implications of Einstein's famous theory of relativity.
- Tomáš Lanča
- ustav
- 28.05.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
Help us looking for dark matter with just your phone!
The international project CREDO (Cosmic-Ray Extremely Distributed Observatory) has been running since the end of August 2016, and the scientists from the Institude of physics in Opava also take part in its implementation. The project is focused on the detection of cosmic rays and the search for a mysterious „hidden substance“ (or also „dark matter“) in the universe. Unraveling its mystery could be within reach with the help of widest public. All you need is one app on your smartphone that can detect the volatile particles that accompany the hidden substance.
- Tomáš Lanča
- ustav
- 17.05.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
Lyrids meteor shower culminates on Thursday and Friday. They will be followed by a "supermoon""
On Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd April, in the early morning, it will be possible to watch the most meteors from the annual meteor shower in Lyrida. These popularly called "shooting stars" are in the Earth's atmosphere caused by the extinction of ice-dust particles released from the core of Comet C / 1861 G1 (Thatcher). During the maximum, 10-15 meteors can be seen in the dark sky far from large cities and harmful light pollution, always in the early morning hours before dawn. Less than a week later, we are also waiting for one of the two angularly largest full moons of the year.
- Tomáš Lanča
- ustav
- 17.05.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
Astrophysicists from the Silesian University are looking for wormholes
For more than 85 years, physicists have believed that there may be shortcuts in curved spacetime, so-called wormholes. These hypothetical connections between two disparate points in the universe have been used for decades in science-fiction, especially in film or tv series production. Now there is a team of scientists, including prof. Marek Abramowicz, who works at the Institute of Physics in Opava, researching these hypothetical cosmic phenomena more than ever, thanks to the recent famous observation of the shadow of a black hole in the galaxy M87.
- Tomáš Lanča
- ustav
- 13.04.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
Reconstruction of the famous "Einstein's" solar eclipse photograph, picture was also awarded by NASA
On Monday, April 5, 2021, the Universities Space Research Association NASA published a photo entitled "Colored Einstein Eclipse" as a prestigious Earth Science Picture of the Day, co-authored by Petr Horálek from the Institute of Physics in Opava and prof. Miloslav Druckmüller from the Brno University of Technology. Using modern computational methods of image processing, they tried to "revive" the image of the solar eclipse from May 29, 1919, which led to the confirmation of Einstein's general theory of relativity. Thus, after more than 100 years, people can see for the first time what this phenomenon looked like in colors and what unusual phenomena surrounded the obscured Sun.
- Tomáš Lanča
- ustav
- 11.02.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
Celebrate international day of women and girls in science with us!
The 11th of February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Since we have many women in the positions of assistant professors and Ph. D students, we have decided to introduce some of them and their success in science.
- Tomáš Lanča
- ustav
- 04.02.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
On January 27, our long-time colleague and friend Pavel Bakala has left us
Pavel Bakala worked as a researcher at the Institute of Physics and the Research Center for Computational Physics and Data Processing at Silesian University in Opava since 2006. Between 2012 and 2017 he held the position of Vice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Science. He focused mainly on theoretical and computational physics, numerical data modelling, and, last but not least, the popularization of science. He has left us at the age of only 52.
- Jan Novotný
- ustav
- 01.02.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
- Staženo dne 02.03.2021
Apply for Open Day via Online Form
On February 3rd, 18th and 2nd of March 2021, the Institute of Physics in Opava is organizing an Open Day (attention, on February 3rd is the Open Day is only online).
- Jan Novotný
- ustav
- 14.01.2021
- Institute of Physics in Opava
