by admin | May 30, 2022 | News
The so-called Great Dimming of the bright red supergiant star, Betelgeuse, was serendipitously captured by a weather satellite known as Himawari-8. The observations — presented in a paper published in …Powered by...
by admin | May 30, 2022 | News
The search for Cepheids The top-ranked scientific justification for building the Hubble Space Telescope was to determine the size and age of the Universe through observations of Cepheid variables in …Powered by...
by admin | May 29, 2022 | News
Dark energy is the name given to the as yet unknown energy source that is causing our Universe’s expansion to accelerate. Our Universe is expanding. One of the great mysteries of modern astronomy is …Powered by...
by admin | May 26, 2022 | News
How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astronomy images Scientists have made some progress in coping with the onslaught. For instance, within days the International Astronomical Union (IAU) …Powered by...
by admin | May 26, 2022 | News
Spectrum experts are discussing the operational needs of Moon-based radio astronomy, including which frequency bands would be needed for communication and protection from interference.Powered by...