The astronomers at Griffith Observatory defy the notion that research and discoveries are prerequisites to astronomy. As professional astronomers and educators specializing in outreach, they use their expertise to connect with a worldwide audience.
Category: Space
Scientists Come One Step Closer to Pinning Down Where Life Began
Astrobiologists studying organic compounds in meteors have developed a technique that might let us finally see whether the building blocks for life could have arrived from outer space.
SpaceX Starlink Satellites Bring Internet to Everyone and Troubles to Ground-Based Astronomy
SpaceX will launch thousands of internet-broadcasting, communication satellites into orbit over the coming years. One of the costs is the interference with ground-based astronomical observations. Bright satellites reflect the Sun and create bright streaks through images, ruining the data. The radio bands used by the satellites will drown out radio-based astronomy that once observed in those bands–blacking out studies of signs of life and the distant past of the Universe.
Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ
Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ: an astronomer and Jesuit trying to bring harmony to the scientists and the faithful.