October 2019
Asgardia’s calendar and its role in space industrialisation strategy
... fixed form, have so far been unsuccessful. The eighty-eight constellations officially recognised by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The exceptional complexity of the issue and a large number of failures led scientists to conclude that...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
... value of the investments made for ground based projects,” write Gallozzi and colleagues Although the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has also expressed concerns about light and radio pollution produced by artificial satellites, the chances...
28 October 2019
Hygiea asteroid could turn out to be the smallest dwarf planet yet
... a dwarf planet, has a diameter close to 2400 kilometres. Controversy still remains about Pluto’s status after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted to demote the planet to that of a dwarf one in 2006. Some still feel that the planet with...