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From Dark Skies to Galactic Insights

From Dark Skies to Galactic Insights

We invite you to a public lecture at the Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University.Venue: Large Physics Auditorium, Saulėtekio al. 9Time: Thursday, 8 May 2025, 15:00 Dr. Guillaume Guiglion is an astrophysicist from the Center of Astrophysics at Heidelberg University. His field of study is the formation and evolution of our Galaxy by analyzing the properties…

AstronomAs exhibition at Vytautas Magnus University

AstronomAs exhibition at Vytautas Magnus University

On 28 April at 12 noon we invite you to the opening of the exhibition “AstrónomAs” at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Vytautas Magnus University (Universiteto str. 10, Akademija, Kaunas district). The exhibition, which was initiated by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Lithuania and the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy…

Goodbye Gaia

Goodbye Gaia

🇪🇺🚀 Gaia, the European Space Agency’s spacecraft that has has been in space for 11 years, completes its mission. The space observatory is responsible for mapping the Milky Way galaxy with unprecedented accuracy and has revolutionised our understanding of our galaxy. “Gaia” is running out of nitrogen gas, which it uses to precisely control its…

ESO Director General to visit Vilnius University

ESO Director General to visit Vilnius University

14 June Friday! An extraordinary event at Vilnius University! A visit by the very famous astrophysicist, Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), Professor Xavier Barcons. It is ESO that operates the most spectacular observatories in the world! Date: 14 June 2024Time: 10:00 am Venue: VU Old town campus (Universiteto str. 3) Programme Opening…

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