Armageddon, Don't Look Up… There are many science fiction films where humanity is threatened by the impact of a giant asteroid. Is there any truth to these stories? Should we be worried?
Josep Manel Carrasco, ICCUB astronomer, tells us the details of the DART mission to divert an asteroid from its orbit as a pilot test of planetary defence in the Onda Cero radio program "Julia en la Onda".
You can listen to his participation here.
Can you buy the Sun or the stars? In the program "Aquí Catalunya", of the SER Catalunya radio channel we discussed this topic, interviewing the astronomer Josep Manel Carrasco, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona.
Listen to his participation here:
The astronomer and researcher of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB Josep Manel Carrasco (@Miralcel) shows us some of the interstellar nebulae observed by the Hubble telescope to explain the life of a star.
You can see his participation here from minute 39:50:
The ICCUB astronomer Josep Manel Carrasco appeared on the "La República Santboiana" program on October 26, 2022 to talk about the Artemis program to return to the Moon and about the DART mission, which has been able to successfully divert the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos around its larger asteroid companion Didymos, with the impact of the DART Spaceship.
When we think of astronomy, we can imagine things like long nights, big telescopes and observations of planets and stars, but is this really the job of an astronomer these days?
Our researcher Josep Manel Carrasco talks to the radio show La República Santboiana of Ràdio Sant Boi about the Christmas star and light polluti
