telescope

Why astronomers want to put a telescope on the dark side of the moon

Posted in Hardware, Science on 27th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller

Once landed, LuSEE-Night will peer out into the Universe's Dark Age vastness for about 18 months beginning in 2026..

The News Search For Extra-terrestrial Life: We Can Finally Analyse Exoplanet Atmospheres

Posted in Science on 26th Jul, 2022
by Alex Muller

The next generation of exoplanet studies has the potential to pass the bar of the extraordinary evidence needed to prove the existence of life.

The biggest space telescope of all time has finally gotten off the ground

Posted in Hardware, Science on 27th Dec, 2021
by Alex Muller

As of now we wait for the telescope to finish its full deployment so that its scientific mission can begin.

How Many Galaxies Are In The Universe? A New Answer From The Darkest Sky Ever Observed

Posted in Reviews, Science on 24th Jan, 2021
by Alex Muller

Amid the vast sea of galaxies, stars, and planets, are we really the only species to ever look out and wonder if we're alone? It seems very numerically unlikely. Perhaps one day we will have a way to find out.

Roman Space Telescope AKA WFIRST Field of View 100 Times Hubble

Posted in Science on 1st Sep, 2020
by Alex Muller

A survey using gravitational lensing should find ~250 FFPs (free floating planets aka rogue planets) with masses down to that of Mars.