April 2019
Scanning the skies for exoplanets
... one of a handful of new planets that has been discovered by TESS as it scanned its first two sectors in the sky. Currently orbiting a nearby, bright K dwarf star located approximately 16 parsecs away, HD21749b is an exoplanet which currently stands...
11 April 2019
Interstellarum Deep Sky Guide
...aimed at the practical astronomer, more specifically the deep sky observer. Of course, much of this information is ..., the catalogue “features 2362 of the ‘coolest’ deep-sky targets in the sky”, says the author, “more than most observers will see...
26 February 2018
A Sky Wonderful with Stars – 50 years of modern astronomy on Maunakea
... of the Keck I and II telescopes on Mauna Kea in the foreground. There is something nicely inclusive about this image of a sky not only “wonderful with stars” but also wonderful with telescopes. Mark Williamson
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
...satellites visible above 30 degrees will visually pollute the night sky at places that currently preserve their natural, pristine dark... threshold of the naked eye even under the darkest skies: the distribution in this case peaks at visual magnitudes...
12 July 2015
The 18 quintillion planets in ‘No Man’s Sky’: how Hello Games can expand understanding of space travel
... reviews yet, Yahoo’s Ben Silverman played “No Man’s Sky” for ten minutes at the E3 convention in Los Angeles... middle-schoolers, getting them to play a game like “No Man’s Sky” for a week could constitute an immersive experience into the topic. More...
March 2026
The imagined sky – power, inequality and the future of space sustainability
... and more like a finite ecological system. These concerns continue to be raised in the ongoing Dark and Quiet Skies processes at COPUOS, but voluntary mitigation efforts by operators remain uneven. Operators now face mounting pressure to incorporate...
