17 April 2020
A six-planet system is discovered and more could be hiding say astronomers
...improvement of the instrument and of our signal processing techniques," says François Bouchy, professor in the Department of Astronomy of the Faculty of science of UNIGE and coordinator of the observational program that helped discover the six-planet...
18 November 2020
Astronomers want to revive idea for ‘Ultimately Large Telescope’ on the Moon
... powerful but problem-prone James Webb Space Telescope, would be able to detect them. “Throughout the history of astronomy, telescopes have become more powerful, allowing us to probe sources from successively earlier cosmic times — ever closer...
18 August 2021
New study sheds light on Solar System heavy metal problem
... Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics and lead author of the study published this week in Nature Astronomy. Located around 140 parsecs away, the Ophiuchus cloud complex is a haven of dense protostellar cores in various stages...
15 April 2020
Scientists discover most brightest and energetic supernova yet
... from two massive stars that merged before the explosion. Their findings are published today in Nature Astronomy. Such an event so far only exists in theory and has never been confirmed through astronomical observations. Dr. Matt...
March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
... past and future evolution of our universe. The operations ground segment relies strongly on heritage from previous astronomy and other science missions (Herschel/Planck, Gaia, etc) but there are a number of specific challenges and...
August 2018
Making a cosmic impression
... inspiration from a new source. In 2009, my brother-in-law Steve Young, founder of the British-based international magazine Astronomy Now, gave me a copy of his newly published 10th Anniversary edition entitled Hubble Reborn - The Story of the...
