The discovery can also give clues not only about Charon, but other objects out near Pluto.
- Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, Australian National University
Light pollution is a relatively new problem. Simple solutions can fix it.
Tras una década estudiando miles de supernovas, los astrónomos siguen perplejos ante el enigma que llevó a Einstein a lo que él mismo bautizó como su “mayor error”.
After a decade studying thousands of supernovae, astronomers are still perplexed by the enigma that led Einstein to his ‘greatest mistake’.
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected key carbon-bearing molecules on the potential ocean world K2-18b, including tantalising hints of a substance produced by tiny plankton on Earth.
Entre los peritos de nuestro sistema judicial, los astrónomos desempeñan un papel interesante y poco conocido. El autor de este artículo es astrónomo y aporta pruebas a varios casos por semana.
Among the expert witnesses in our justice system, astronomers play a surprising role. This astronomer provides evidence to several cases per week.
Different measures of the rate of the Universe’s expansion give different results – and a new measurement technique only makes matters more complicated.
China’s Tiangong-1 space station is hurtling around Earth out of control and about to come crashing down. It’s just one of thousands of pieces of space junk left orbiting our planet.
On a clear night you can see thousands of stars in the night sky, and there are billions more in our galaxy alone. But are the official star names really up for sale?
There are plenty of astronomical things to watch out for this year beyond this week’s lunar eclipse, including new Moon landings and a space station falling back to Earth.
To help find Planet 9, you just need a computer and a little astronomy knowledge. Already, 120,000 images have been processed by citizen scientists in just 3 days.
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