An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth’s orbit in the U.N.’s sustainable development goals. The researchers — led by experts from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Plymouth in the U.K. and the University of Texas at Austin — think that adding space to …
Scientists Call On UN To Help Solve Earth’s Space Junk Problem. Read More »
One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a bygone sun-like star about 2,000 light-years from Earth. Its striking, smoke-ring-like appearance has both awed and puzzled astronomers, who have long debated whether this remnant truly takes on a ring shape or if its appearance is merely an …
Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world’s most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by light pollution due to a planned renewable energy project. The U.S. energy company AES Energy wants to build a large renewable hydrogen manufacturing complex in Chile, only a few kilometers from the summit of Mount Paranal, …
World’s Largest Telescope Threatened By Light Pollution From Renewable Energy Project. Read More »
