News

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A paper on Hydrogen and Silicon Lines in Meteor Spectra was published

An analysis of hydrogen and silicon spectral lines in bright meteor spectra published in Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests that cometary meteoroids may have been an important source of water on Earth.

A paper has been published on the impact of asteroid 2023 CX1 with our analysis of the bolide

The prestigious journal Nature Astronomy published a paper on the impact of asteroid 2023 CX1, in which we contributed with the analysis of the bolide and the prediction of the meteorite strewn field

Paper about the tau-Herkulid cluster

Our paper on the tau-Herculid cluster observed on 31 May 2022 was published in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Our paper about kappa Cygnids was published

The paper about the meteor shower kappa Cygnids was published in the Astronomy and Astrophysics journal

Our calculations helped to find meteorites in Belarus

Our calculations helped to find meteorites that fell on Christmas Day in Belarus

We welcome two new colleagues

Since January 2025, two new postdoctoral fellows have joined our group

We hosted the International Meteor Conference 2024

The Meteor Physics Group organized the International Meteor Conference 2024