Our solar system, indeed our own Milky Way galaxy, pales in comparison to the observable Universe's dimensions. Thus, the extragalactic research group at Konkoly Observatory has a wide array of intriguing research topics, astrophysical phenomena, and objects to choose from.
Our primary areas of interest include
- distant stellar explosions, supernovae, tidal catastrophes, gamma-ray bursts, and other transient phenomena (led by J. Vinkó).
- furthermore, we study active galactic nuclei across the entire electromagnetic spectrum and even employ tools from neutrino astronomy (led by S. Frey).
- a more recent addition of to our research lines is cosmology and the study of the large-scale structure of the Universe with novel data from ongoing galaxy surveys, trying to answer the pressing questions about the dark substances in the cosmos (led by A. Kovács).
Motivated by the possibility to collaborate more closely with each other, we decided to organise a workshop where Konkoly’s early-career scientists working on extragalactic topics give a short overview of their research projects. After the successful events in 2024 and 2025, the goal for this third workshop is to again discuss common themes and methods, leading to joint initiatives and creative new lines of research using state-of-the-art data sets.
Join us and present your results, or just sit in and hear some talks!