Professor James Head III worked for the Apollo program which saw humans first land on the Moon nearly 50 years ago. Find out how we are continuing to explore the Moon and what it can still teach us ahead of his plenary talk at #AAS234. Is it time we went back?
Dr David DeVorkin’s talk is about George Ellery Hale, the American astronomer who put the physics in astrophysics — check out his plenary talk at #AAS233 to learn more!
Today’s Beyond post looks at where virtual reality and astronomy collide.
Could exocomets be causing these strange shaped lightcurves?
Planets form from protoplanetary disks. How they can be heavier on average than the disks is questioning our theories of planet formation.