Astronomers set up a new center to address issues raised by SpaceX and Amazon satellite networks The International Astronomical Union is heading up the creation of a new center to deal with the complications created by… Read More
IAU and New Horizons science team make peace over the names on Pluto’s map It’s taken a year and a half, but the International Astronomical Union and the science team behind NASA’s New Horizons… Read More
Galileo gets a planet: IAU astronomers reveal first batch of names for alien worlds After a crowdsourcing campaign that lasted more than a year, the International Astronomical Union has issued its first-ever list of… Read More
Science journal gives New Horizons mission to Pluto its day in the sun The first peer-reviewed scientific paper about the New Horizons probe’s July flyby past Pluto lays out puzzling evidence that suggests the… Read More
Pluto, we have a problem: Some geographical names may not fly on official maps Some of the best-known names on Pluto — ranging from the Sputnik plains to the Hillary and Norgay mountains and the… Read More
