astronomy
Finding Over 100 Million Exoplanets By 2050
Posted in Science on 30th Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
The cumulative number of exoplanets that have been discovered has been following power law scaling for the past 25 years and if this continued to 2050 then we would find about 100 million exoplanets.
The 5 most groundbreaking scientific achievements of the decade
Posted in Featured, Science on 1st Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
The world has seen some pretty major scientific achievements in the last 10 years, as discoveries and developments decades in the making were finally realized.
NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Is Finding Hundreds of Exoplanets and Is Poised to Find Thousands More
Posted in Science on 24th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
Within just 50 light-years from Earth, there are about 1,560 stars, likely orbited by several thousand planets.
GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging
Posted in Science on 17th Apr, 2019
by Alex Muller
The GRAVITY instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made the first direct observation of an exoplanet using optical interferometry.
Giant Megallan Telescope Excavation is Complete
Posted in Hardware, Science on 28th Mar, 2019
by Alex Muller
The current construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope completed excavations for its foundations in six months instead of the planned 8-months.