Juan Angel Vaquerizo

This is what an asteroid looks like up close. Really close. Through an electron microscope! First studies of the pieces of asteroid Bennu brought back by @OSIRISREx are out now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ma…

En astrofísica, muchas veces se proponen nuevos cuerpos para resolver problemas observacionales, o simplemente a modo de estimulación científica. Aquí van 7⃣ objetos astronómicos hipotéticos de los que todavía no tenemos evidencia observacional. ¡Dentro #astrohilo! 🧵👇

🆕 Webb has spotted star clusters in the early Universe! ✨👀 Read more: esawebb.org/news/weic2418/ or 🧵👇

La astrobiología integra varias disciplinas que estudian la existencia de vida extraterrestre: 'La vida y su búsqueda más allá de la Tierra', de Ester Lázaro Lázaro @EsterLzaro1 Colección #QuéSabemosDe coeditada con @CSICdivulga catarata.org/libro/la-vida-…

All 3200-megapixels of the @VRubinObs camera is now safely at the observatory. As someone who grew up as an amateur astronomer, the fact it looks like a giant (expensive) eyepiece is somehow very pleasing. (Credit: Vera Rubin Observatory)

🔭🌍 An international research, with key participation of #IACastrofísica, discovers one of the closest potentially habitable exoplanets to Earth. It is the size of our planet and orbits a cool red dwarf 40 light years away. 👉 ow.ly/8QyF50RQHFG

Update from @NASAVoyager: The plasma wave subsystem and magnetometer instrument are now returning usable science data. As part of the effort to restore Voyager 1 to normal operations, the mission is continuing work on two other instruments. go.nasa.gov/3UUhI9v