The Institute of Astronomy of BAS celebrated the 40th anniversary of the National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen with a solemn assembly. The director of the Institute, Prof. Evgeni Semkov, presented the most significant achievements of the scientists over the years and the future projects on which the researchers will work. […]

Scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences took part in the one-day scientific forum "Hello, Space! Bulgaria Calling" which took place on 26 July in Sofia Tech Park. The event culminated in a videoconference with the International Space Station, coordinated by NASA. Pupils from all over the country took part in a competition on most interesting questions for the astronauts from the space station. The initiative was held owing to the joint cooperation of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria and the National STEM/Space Cluster, with the support of NASA and the US Embassy in Sofia. The aim of the project "Hello, Space! Bulgaria Calling" is to spark the imagination of children, inspiring them to look beyond the Earth's orbit to the Moon, Venus, Mars, as [...]

In the period 12-15 July 2021, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies /DIAS/, as a partner of the STELLAR project, with the Institute of Astronomy with National Astronomical Observatory "Rozhen" at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IA with NAO-BAS) as coordinator, organized and held an online workshop on "Space Weather, Solar Activity and Data Analysis". 37 Bulgarian and foreign students, PhD students and scientists participated and had the opportunity to gain theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of space weather and learn more about solar activity. Some of the workshop topics were solar radio bursts, solar interaction with planets and interplanetary space and observations of the Sun in the radio range of the electromagnetic spectrum. The programme also included exercises on observational data processing and [...]