20 June 2016
Trio of hot Jupiters give clue to their formation
... the formation of hot Jupiters around Sun-like stars, have found three such gas giants in an open star cluster suggesting that the main formation route for this type of planet is via strong encounters with other...
08 December 2015
New light shed on the mystery of 'Born Again' stars
... able to make a complete and accurate census of stars in a number of open star clusters, and given that stars in a cluster form at the same time and from the same materials, open clusters are the best laboratory for the study of stellar...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... author David Galadí-Enríquez is a Spanish astrophysicist. He completed his PhD on astrometry and photometry of stellar open clusters at the University of Barcelona in 1998. He has been involved in studies and activities related to astronomical sky...
May 2024
The universe in acrylics - an artist’s passion
..., I gifted the British Interplanetary Society a painting in recognition of its 90th year. They chose to raffle ‘Stars of Open Cluster IC 1590’ during the Reinventing Space conference in Liverpool to raise funds for the society. During an exhibition...
