The European Commission has given the go-ahead for the European consortium to start building a state-of-the-art infrastructure designed for astronomical research. In Bulgaria, a member and co-founder of the consortium, work is beginning on the..
The sky over Bulgaria was lit up by an aurora borealis on Sunday. The unusual sight of the red-coloured sky prompted many questions on social networks. "Such a phenomenon can be seen from Bulgaria only in rare cases, after a powerful coronal mass..
Bulgarian high-school students have won five medals at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics held in Poland. They competed with 260 participants from 52 countries. The best Bulgarian students are from the Sofia..
An automatic astronomical observatory with a dome has been opened in the Black Sea village of Kamen Bryag. The telescope has a 360° range and a digital camera for capturing celestial objects. The observatory was built under the project A Joint Open..
A new robotic telescope of the Institute of Astronomy at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) has been officially unveiled today at the Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory located in the western section of Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains near the..
Bulgaria's national astronomy team won 3 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals at the International Astronomy Olympiad in Italy, Focus news agency reported. Margulan Ismoldaev who studies at Dr. Petar Beron High School of Mathematics in Varna, Mihail..
A partial solar eclipse will be visible from the entire territory of Bulgaria on October 25 during the second half of the day. For Sofia, the eclipse will begin at 12:27:16 p.m. , Pencho Markishki, an astrophysicist from the Institute of Astronomy..
On March 13, the National Astronomical Observatory "Rozhen" at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences marks its 40-th anniversary. The complex in the Rhodopes has 3 telescopes. With the money from the National Roadmap for Scientific..
Astronomical winter starts on December 21 at 12:02 o'clock. This is the shortest day of the year - only 9 hours and 2 minutes for the latitude of Sofia. On this date, the Sun will pass through the point of the winter solstice in the constellation of..
Five Bulgarian 12 th grade students won five medals for their excellent performance at the world’s top astrophysics competition – the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics which took place in China. The Bulgarian competitors won..
