International Cosmic Day at the UniLodz Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics – Report from the Event

The UniLodz Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics celebrated International Cosmic Day on 13 November 2025. The event brought together approximately 300 high school students from the region of Lodz and science enthusiasts who passionately explored the secrets of high-energy phenomena in the Universe.

Opublikowano: 14 November 2025

The event participants took part in lectures, demonstrations and activities prepared by our faculty staff and scientists cooperating within international research projects. 

The whole event took 4 hours and the programme, among other things, included:

  • “CREDO–Maze, czyli promieniowanie kosmiczne w Twojej szkole – jeśli chcesz” [CREDO-Maze, or cosmic rays at your school – if you want] – Prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Wibig
  • Teleskopy MAGIC i LST: oglądanie Wszechświata w bilion razy bardziej energetycznym świetle” [MAGIC and LST telescopes: viewing the universe in a trillion times more energetic light] – Prof. dr hab. Julian Sitarek
  • To sygnał czy tło?” [Is it a signal or a background?] A quiz on recognising images from the LST telescope – Prof. dr hab. Julian Sitarek
  • Skąd biorą się wysokoenergetyczne cząstki we Wszechświecie?” [Where do high-energy particles in the Universe come from?] – Prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz Bednarek
  • Live broadcast from the MAGIC Observatory (La Palma, Spain) – a meeting with employees of one of the largest gamma-ray telescopes in the world
  • Was Einstein right? Is the speed of light independent of its wavelength?” – a lecture in English by Dr Alberto Rosales de Leon. The lecture was broadcast on the Ms Teams platform to other ICD participants around the world.
     

The event participants also had the opportunity to see the Maze experiment's detectors, take a virtual tour of the MAGIC observatory, and test their knowledge in a quiz. 

We would like to thank all the participants for their numerous attendance and active involvement, which made the event truly exceptional.

UNIVERSITY OF LODZ

 

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Funduszepleu
Projekt Multiportalu UŁ współfinansowany z funduszy Unii Europejskiej w ramach konkursu NCBR