You might be interested in helping
astronomers get a good look at distant galaxies.
Not exact matches
For practical reasons this was extremely fortuitous, as most
astronomers had assumed the black hole would be too big to
get a
good look at, he explains, «like putting your face right next to the wall and trying to describe it.»
That means
astronomers won't
get a
good look at it until a joint European and Japanese mission, called BepiColombo, reaches it in 2024.
Astronomers may have discovered almost 4,000 planets beyond our Solar System so far, but trying to image these worlds is a bit like trying to
get a
good look at a fly buzzing around the Sun.
James Webb is due to be launched in 2019 after a series of delays, and could help
astronomers get a much
better look at distant parts of the cosmos.