Topic: research

The prestigious journal Nature published an article about Jan Pisek, Associate Professor in Remote Sensing of Landscapes at the University of Tartu.

When a star like our Sun reaches the end of its life, it can ingest the surrounding planets and asteroids that were born with it. Researchers have found a unique signature of this process for the first time — a scar imprinted on the surface of a white dwarf star.

An international team of scientists led by astronomers from Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu has discovered many superclusters in the universe, with the most prominent among them named the ‘Einasto Supercluster’ in honour of Prof. Jaan Einasto, a pioneering figure in the field, who will celebrate his 95th birthday on 23 February.

Astronomers at the University of Tartu Observatory figured out how to measure the speed of dark matter.

Over the next seven years, the government will fund ten centres of excellence addressing scientific issues of importance to Estonia. The University of Tartu has tight connections with all of them.

Led by Maret Einasto, astronomers at Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu decided to look into that and discovered even more differences between groups and clusters.

On 9 October, ESTCube-2, the satellite developed by Estonian students, finally launched on board the Vega launcher of Arianespace. However, according to current information, the satellite most likely never separated from the launch pod in the nose of the rocket.

Tartu, Estonia, March 14, 2023 – Researchers and students of the Tartu Observatory at the University of Tartu started the development of Estonia's first lunar rover.

The kick-off meeting of the EXOHOST Twinning project took place in Tõravere on 14–15 February. Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu, the leader of the consortium, hosted project partners.