Astrobites at the IAU 2024 III: Dark and Quiet Skies and Radio Astronomy in an Increasingly Crowded Spectrum
At the foot of Table Mountain, astronomers keep dark and quiet skies on the table.
Astrobites at the IAU 2024 II: The High-Energy Gamma-ray Universe: Results and perspectives with wide-field ground-based facilities
Welcome to the 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, this year hosted in Cape Town! Today’s bite looks at the highest energy sessions of the meeting, focusing on gamma-ray astronomy!
Astrobites at the IAU 2024 I: Overview
Welcome to the 32nd General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, this year hosted in Cape Town!
Spotlight on Malaysian Astronomy at IAUS 377 in Kuala Lumpur
Summary of the Malaysian Astronomy session at IAUS 377, the first IAU conference in Southeast Asia since 1990!
Plutonian craters to be named after Star Trek characters
In July of this year (2015), NASA’s New Horizons mission will fly past Pluto and its moons. It will map the surface of the Plutonian system in unprecedented detail, revealing craters and other surface features for the first time. In preparation for the deluge of newly discovered craters, mountains, crevasses and other surface features, Mamajek et al. discuss a naming system for Pluto and its moons.
Now *you* can name a planet!
The International Astronomical Union wants you to name a planet! While you ponder what to submit as a planet name, read on to learn the history and politics that led to this exciting opportunity.