2023 marks the Year of Joan Oró, to celebrate the centenary of the birth of this biochemist from Lleida who graduated from the University of Barcelona. Let's remember the mark he left on the world of science with the astronomer of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB (ICCUB) Josep Manel Carrasco.
You can see 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.
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Our researcher Josep Manel Carrasco talks to the radio show La República Santboiana of Ràdio Sant Boi about the Christmas star and light polluti
