Nettsider med emneord «Astronomy»

On the 12th of August, 2026, despite the mostly cloudy sky, Oslo was able to see a partial solar eclipse.

US approval for Reflect Orbital’s plan to put reflecting satellites into orbit in order to reflect light from the sun into Earth has reignited a heated debate among astronomers, space scientists and ecologists. The company says it has received more than 260,000 inquiries from customers wanting redirected sunlight for energy, disaster relief, agriculture, defence and city lighting. Researchers warn that if the project grows from a few demonstrators to a constellation of tens of thousands, the consequences for ground- and space-based astronomy, orbital safety and nocturnal ecosystems could be severe.

Bhavna Rathore uses her background from programming in astrophysics to working with ultrasound scanning devices as a system engineer.

– I worked as a Postdoc at RoCS - Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, because of its excellent reputation in the solar physics community, says Pia Zacharias about her life after PhD studies.

This summer, the space probe Solar Orbiter took the closest pictures ever taken of the sun. The images will help researchers understand the sun better. Professor Mats Carlsson at RoCS - Rosseland Center for Solar Physics, UiO, leads the Norwegian research group's work with Solar Orbiter.

I sommer tok romsonden Solar Orbiter de nærmeste bildene som er tatt av sola noen gang. Bildene skal hjelpe forskerne å forstå sola bedre. Professor Mats Carlsson ved RoCS – Rosseland senter for solfysikk, UiO, leder den norske forskningsgruppens arbeide med Solar Orbiter.